“Sometimes it’s hard
To sit and watch the grass grow
Sometimes it’s hard
Cos you’ve gotta mow”

“He's a meticulously hard worker and yet he'll roam the grass of his farm for hours and sometimes for days before he can bring himself to put a word on paper.”

“It's hard to watch and it should be hard to watch. It should frighten people, and if it's done that, it's done its job.”

“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.”

“It is part of my duty as a decent member of my local hamlet to mow the grass in front of the church. It's a pleasant little task and mowing is a favorite activity of mine; it gives me a lot of pleasure to make the churchyard look tidy. I sometimes pause at the grave of someone or other and speculate what he might have been like when he was alive, but gravestones don't tell much.”

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time.”

“All four of those are on grass, whereas I have to play some on a hard court!”

“It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily.”

“Sometimes, watching a movie is a bit like being raped.”

“Sometimes, life threw up problems that even the wisest, most trusted mentor couldn't solve for you. It was part of the pain of growing up.
And having to stand by and watch was part of being a mentor.”