I like gardening - it's a place where I find mysel... -Alice Sebold

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I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

Alice Sebold , Writer
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About Author

Alice Sebold is an American writer known for her novel "The Lovely Bones," which became a bestselling sensation. Her works often explore themes of trauma, healing, and the human capacity for resilience. Sebold's writing delves into the complexities of human emotions and experiences.

Alice Sebold Quotes to Explore

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself....
The relationship with the words someone uses is more intimate and integrated than just a quick read and a blurb can ever be. This intimacy - the words...
I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your cloth...
I think it's an interesting thing to me, because we have this desire for everything to be explained to us. But if you go through your daily actions, v...
I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew....
We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent....
I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality....
I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it's not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I think we get in trouble when we sep...
I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something....
I wake up very early in the morning. I like to start in the dark, and I never work at night, because my brain is evaporated by 4 P.M....

Gardening Quotes to Explore

One of the things we say... is, 'Do what you know helps you.' And so for me, that might be painting. For other people, it might be gardening. It might...
Find out what works for you, whether it's exercise, gardening, prayer, cooking, reading or any other activity that engages you and your family in posi...
I learned a lot while labouring and gardening. Whenever I feel tired and want to go home while doing TV work, I just think how tough groundworking is....
Besides gardening, I love to sketch and to sing....
I bought a former library, not because I have a lot of books, but also I like architecture, and it was built in 1965, and I like gardening....
I'd love to take up organic vegetable gardening, do anything that involves learning....
As an athlete, if you train your body but don't fuel it the right way, that doesn't make much sense. Adopting a plant-based diet with the right amount...
You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime - time for gardening, cooking time, book reading time....
I'm always surrounded by crazy people, but when I come back to the country I'm into my plants, I love gardening, I love bird watching and I absolutely...
There were points when I've thought about getting into landscape gardening or getting back to illustrating, but mostly with a bit of a chip on my shou...