My Wild Garden Quotes

“Alongside the house he planted orange and grapefruit, two more pomegranate trees, and one unbelievable tree that yielded oranges, lemons, tangerines, and other citrus fruits that I do not recall-- perhaps grapefruit and, perhaps, according to the storyline nature of my family, avocado or tomato. Either way, that tree aroused awe and excitement within me, and this is only increased when I asked my mother how her father had managed to create it. 'He's a magician,' she said. Years later I discovered it was a perfectly ordinary grafting of bitter orange understock, but my mother's words were already engraved upon me, and the impression had never dissipated.”
― Meir Shalev, My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden

“But a child who learns things like this at the age of four will be a better person when he or she reaches the age of six, and you cannot underestimate a chance like that.”
― Meir Shalev, My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden

“In spite of this, he will reach his heart's desire with wondrous precision.”
― Meir Shalev, My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden

“If only we could get rid of every dead thing inside our own bodies and souls!”
― Meir Shalev, My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden