Allen Lacy quotes
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“Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous but is surely no gardener. Prejudice against people is reprehensible, but a healthy set of prejudices is a gardener's best friend. Gardening is complicated, and prejudice simplifies it enormously.”
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“An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger. The angel handed her a weed, but first transformed it into this beautiful flower of winter.”
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“Am I accurately reporting what I see in such a blossom? The answer is no ... and yes.”
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“All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.”
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“A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of seeing.”
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“We quickly discovered that two kittens were much more fun than one.”
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“Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's.”
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“I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at all hard to find someone who knows a little bit less than you.”
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“Gardener's , like everyone else, live second by second and minute by minute. What we see at one particular moment is then and there before us. But there is a second way of seeing. Seeing with the eye of memory, not the eye of our anatomy, calls up days and seasons past and years gone by.”
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“Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.”
-- Allen Lacy