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Quote by May Sarton
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs,

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. – May Sarton

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I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become… but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress. – May Sarton

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Christmas
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May Sarton
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May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best — out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters. – May Sarton

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Privacy
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Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden…. It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us poor mortals, inviting us with sunny smiles to confide in her, and then, when we are entirely within her power, striking us to the heart. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks

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Gardens

We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Gardens

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. – Abraham Lincoln

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Gardens

Gardens are a form of autobiography. – Sydney Eddison, Horticulture magazine, August/September 1993

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Gardens

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