"I'm not sure anyone would get much out of it."
"During our subsequent meetings, she told me the story of her search. When she finished, I asked if, one day, I could write it down.
She agreed initially, but whenever we met after that, she kept raising obstacles. She asked me to change the names of those involved; she wanted to know what kind of people would read the book and how they would be likely to react.
'I've no idea,' I said. 'But I don't think that's why you're creating all these problems.'
'You're right,' she said. 'It's because it seems to me such a personal story, and I'm not sure anyone else would get much out of it.'
...Gardeners always recognize one another, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World."
