Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the …

Margaret Atwood
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Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissingthe tarmac is merely a pallid vestigial remnant. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2012). Bluebeard's Egg, p.277, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissingthe tarmac is merely a pallid vestigial remnant. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2012). Bluebeard's Egg, p.277, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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