The campus spreads around him like the verdant pleasure garden of an ancient king. He is enraptured by the enormous trees that lift branches like cathedral roofs overhead, shoot roots like polished ballroom floors underfoot. In the hot afternoons he leaves the crowded rooms to study under the protection of these spreading giants. Nayomi Munaweera
Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.
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William Goldman
Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.
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Steve Maraboli
Happiness will grow if you plant the seeds of love in the garden of hope with compassion and care.
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Debasish Mridha
Beauty is seeing a flower bloom in a garden or in nature. Artificial is seeing that same flower try and grow in a vase of water.
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Anthony T.Hincks
In God's garden even the weeds are beautiful.
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Anthony T.Hincks
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