"There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it without it the brain and the hand would be helpless."

"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust."

"The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives."

"What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade."

"I never intended on moving to 'The Good Wife' permanently, but in terms of a next move and something to do to make myself feel good, this was a great opportunity."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming."

"There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."