“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed