“Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.”

“Yes, in the poor man's garden grow
Far more than herbs and flowers—
Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind,
And joy for weary hours.”

Mary Howitt (1799–1888) English poet, and author

“People are beautifully made just like flowers in the garden!”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”

Peter de Vries (1910–1993) American editor and novelist

“Goodbye, Livia; remember our marriage!”
Livia, nostri coniugii memor vive, ac vale!

Augustus (-63–14 BC) founder of Julio-Claudian dynasty and first emperor of the Roman Empire

“Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back.”

Barbara Kingsolver book High Tide in Tucson

“But for one's health as you say, it is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

“As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

“You're saying, no, State said two kinds of marriage: the full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage.”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States