Quotes by Reginald Arkell

“Funny, that! You planted a tree; you watched it grow; you picked the fruit and, when you were old, you sat in the shade of it. Then you died and they forgot all about you—just as though you had never been....But the tree went on growing, and everybody took it for granted. It always had been there and it always would be there....Everybody ought to plant a tree, sometime or another—if only to keep them humble in the sight of the Lord.”

“Mrs. Charteris used to say that if we spent our spare time growing flowers instead of talking a lot of nonsense, the world would be a happier place...”

“La vida en un jardín es una larga batalla contra las fuerzas del mal, pero la victoria merece la pena. A una derrota exasperante le seguía un triunfo espectacular. En un momento estás tirado en el suelo y al siguiente te elevas sobre las alas de la mañana.”