14 Quotes by Phyllis Theroux

Falling silent should be cultivated, the way the woods fall silent in the snow. Messages you can’t send any other way can be heard.

I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it is the closest one can come to being present at creation.

Looking at a friend who has had a face lift is like reading a book with half the pages ripped out.

I can feel my heart growing daily, which has its uncomfortable aspects, as if it could fall with the weight of love and break.

Everything we are given or learn or possess in any real sense – - the ability to play Beethoven sonata, write books, understand the principles of physics – is intended for one thing: to draw us closer to our selves.