The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.

Quote by Phyllis McGinley

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Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of...

Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of...

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect...

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at...

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at...

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace...