Quotes from Alan Titchmarsh

Life. As solid and as strong as a rock one minute, then hanging by a thread the next

perhaps that's the secret. Perhaps what people should really ask is, "are you content?" It's about getting in touch with reality. About balancing aspirations and actuality.

My heart is dark and ripe as a bruise. An ache hollowing me out. Missing you has no purpose, no point. But still I do.

sea in a terrible storm off Cape St Vincent. All hands were lost. The ship

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.' W.H. Auden, 'September 1, 1939', 1940

Gardening is, apart from having children, the most rewarding thing in life

You hope people won't be tricky or miserable. If you're in public life, it's important not to be. If someone says, 'I like your programme, thank you,' you should be grateful. I am. Why be nasty?