Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society
“Mowing your lawn is against nature.”
Rufus Wainwright (1973) American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
Responding to Reverend Lou Sheldon insisting on homosexuality being against the very force of nature, Bill Maher's talk show Politically Incorrect, August 2001
“Death is a process as straightforward as mowing a lawn.”
Antonella Gambotto-Burke book The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide
Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide (2004), P. 188.
“My bodyguard was mowing the lawn in a pink bikini when the body fell from the sky.”
Charlaine Harris (1951) American writer
Source: Dead Over Heels
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Sometimes credited to Jack Kerouac, from his book The Dharma Bums. It is not a quote by Kerouac. It first appeared as a very brief description of The Dharma Bums in Esquire's list of "The 80 Best Books Every Man Should Read" in 2010: http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g96/80-books/?slide=71. It was later copied by Kilburn Hall in his list of 30 "Books and Authors Every Man Should Read" which he first posted online in 2012: https://kilburnhall.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/the-books-and-authors-every-man-should-read/
Misattributed
Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
Donald Justice (1925–2004) Poet, teacher
To the Unknown Lady Who Wrote the Letters Found In the Hatbox
Night Light (1967)
“Brushing with hasty steps the dews away,
To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian
St. 25 <br class="br"> Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=elcc (written 1750, publ. 1751)
“Hughie, get your tanks off my lawn.”
Harold Wilson (1916–1995) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Statement to trade union leader Hugh Scanlon (c. 1969), as quoted in "Lord Scanlon" in The Telegraph (28 January 2004) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1452770/Lord-Scanlon.html <br class="br">Prime Minister
“I can’t name the poison that’s killing your friend. But the one that’s killing you is called hope.”
Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves
Source: The Republic of Thieves
