I never meant to be a full-time poet: I started out as a gardener, an ideal job for a poet because your head is left free. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes free full gardener
It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood. Alice Oswald billioncommitdemocracy share on social
Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it's hungry, it turns grey and stony; when it's thirsty, it opens thousands of cracked lips. Subsoil is more skeletal: it doesn't digest. Alice Oswald chewcrackdigest share on social
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night. Alice Oswald eatnightremake Change image and share on social
As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner. Gil Scott-Heron cleandishwashergardener Change image and share on social
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Epicurus acquireeasyfree Change image and share on social
My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that. Coco Austin attractboyfull share on social