Deborah Needleman quotes:

Style is luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have.

Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.

Our home tells a story about us, so we may as well take the opportunity to make it a stylish one.

Life is messy and gloriously imperfect, and some signs of wear and tear indicate a well-loved, well-used home.

Liberal gardeners are people who feel that, through gardening, we can alleviate our sense of alienation from nature; and that, through good gardening, we can repair some of the damage we have done to our environment. The most extreme liberals believe that there is an original or a natural state in which the environment would be if we hadn't shown up on the scene, and that we have not only the ability but also a moral imperative to help nature return to this state.