What did Phyllis McGinley mean by: The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession. - Phyllis McGinley Poet Copy
+ Aunts are discreet, a little shy / By instinct. They forbear to pry. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Aunt, Shy, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Those wearing Tolerance for a label call other views intolerable. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Tolerance, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ The knowingness of little girls, is hidden underneath their curls. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Daughter, Girl, Mom, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Art, History, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Christmas, Dimes, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Tomorrow will come and today will pass, / But the hearts of the young are brittle as glass. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Glasses, Heart, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Wherever conversation’s flowing, / Why must I feel it falls on me / To keep things going? Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Conversation, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
+ Sons do not need you. They are always out of your reach, Walking strange waters. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Phyllis McGinley, Son, Water, 0 - Phyllis McGinley Poet
Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that - Masaaki Hatsumi Martial artist · Japan
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
The root of all desires is the one desire: to come home, to be at peace. - Jean Klein Philosopher · France
Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste. - Jean Patou Fashion designer · France
Gardening is an art form, but it has lost its sense of history. - William Howard Adams Historian · USA
To live is often to struggle toward goals one has no desire to reach. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite. Explain - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
