The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as read more

Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.