My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.

I loathe gardening but I love gardens and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening but I love gardens.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh how beautiful ' and sitting in the shade.

It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly trustfully peacefully.

I love weird or funny or beautiful sentences Joy Williams could write a microwave-oven manual and I'm sure I'd love it because the sentences would be tuned up like music.

Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny because then you'll be disappointed.

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.

Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.