
"As a symbol of blighted artistic genius and the misery of blasted hopes he had few equals."
Description of the painting of Thomas Chatterton by Henry Wallis, at the Tate Gallery. I don't know why, but that really makes me laugh.
"The first purpose of a garden is to be a place of quiet beauty such as will give delight to the eye and repose and refreshment to the mind." Gertrude Jekyll, A Gardener's Testament.
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