She Flew the Coop Quotes

“Gardens come and go, but I find myself getting attached to certain perennials. My tulips are bridesmaids, with fat faces and good posture. Hollyhocks are long necked sisters. Daffodils are young girls running out of a white church, sun shining on their heads. Peonies are pink-haired ladies, so full and stooped you have to tie them up with string. And roses are nothing but (I hate to say it) bitches--pretty show-offs who'll draw blood if you don't handle them just right.
-Vangie Galliard Nepper, From her
"Garden Diary," March 1952”
― Michael Lee West, She Flew the Coop

“As my daddy said, soil is the basis of everything.”
― Michael Lee West, She Flew the Coop

“She, if anyone, was on a hell-bound train. I mean, if you're masquerading as a do-gooder, why not go all the way?”
― Michael Lee West, She Flew the Coop

“The first time I saw my father-in-law's cotton, I though of the Original Sin, gardening being the root of the South's downfall.”
― Michael Lee West, She Flew the Coop

“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a view or a child, but that was risky. You had so much to lose.”
― Michael Lee West, She Flew the Coop

“It's hard to explain your passions, but sometimes it is harder to live them.”
― Michael Lee West, She Flew the Coop