C. Z. Guest Quotes

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

I love gardens!

I'm happier in a garden.

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

I have a group of friends in my life, and we all give each other something different. I've known my two closest friends for many years. One is a friend from high school, and the other I met right after college. My deep, deep friends remind me every day of the good parts of my personality.

A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and smell the roses... and then lift your leg on them.

I love being in the garden, and my 'chilling-out room' is almost like being out there.

The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy

These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.

Always take time to smell the flowers, and let it fill you with beauty, and rediscover that sense of wonder.

No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.

I'm thankful for a pair of shoes that feel really good on my feet; I like my shoes. I'm thankful for the birds; I feel like they're singing just for me when I get up in the morning... Saying, 'Good morning, John. You made it, John.' I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the scent of jasmine when the sun starts going down. I'm thankful.

The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows of bare limbs making for sidewalk filigrees. Roses past their prime with their petals loose about them. The shouts of children at play in the neighborhood, Ginger Rogers on the black-and-white screen.

When I bought my farm, I did not know what a bargain I had in the bluebirds, daffodils and thrushes; as little did I know what sublime mornings and sunsets I was buying.

Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.