Ursula Bethell quotes

“'Established' is a good word, much used in garden books, 'the plant, when established' ... Oh, become established quickly, quickly, garden! For I am fugitive, I am very fugitive - Those that come after me will gather these roses, And watch, as I do now, the white wisteria Burst, in the sunshine, from its pale green sheath. Planned. Planted. Established. Then neglected, Till at last the loiterer by the gate will wonder At the old, old cottage, the old wooden cottage, And say, 'One might build here, the view is glorious; This must have been a pretty garden once.”
-- Ursula Bethell

Source : Ursula Bethell, Vincent O'Sullivan (1997). “Collected Poems”, p.8, Victoria University Press

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“An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches.”

“As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.”

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”

“It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster

“I haven't come to you only to take , I haven't come to you empty handed : I bring you poetry as great as yours but in anther tongue , I bring you black eyes and golden skin and curly hair , I bring you Islam and Luxor and Alexandria and Lutes and tambourines and date-palms and silk rugs and sunshine and incense and voluptuous ways”

Source : Ahdaf Soueif (1999). “In the Eye of the Sun”, p.512, A&C Black

“Baseball is sunshine, green grass, fathers and sons, our rural past.”

Source : Albert Theodore Powers (2003). “The Business of Baseball”, p.8, McFarland

“We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies. A shining cloud is one of the most majestic of all secondary lights.”

Source : Alice Meynell (2013). “The Essential Alice Meynell Collection”, p.277, eBookIt.com

“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.”

“Be kind to your garden and be gentle on your back!”

“Fertility of the soil is the future of civilization.”