A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often — just to save it from drying out completely. – Pam Brown
It’s hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own. – Pam Brown
Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience. – Pam Brown
When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us? – Pam Brown
How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it? Science says that an acre of soil produces one horsepower every day. But you could pour gasoline all over the ground forever and never see it sprout maple trees. – William Bryant Logan, Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth