"Wir Gärtner leben in die Zukunft hinein; wenn unsere Rosen blühen, denken wir daran, daß sie im nächsten Jahr noch schöner blühen werden. Und in zehn Jahren wird aus diesem Fichtenbäumchen ein Baum – wenn nur diese zehn Jahre schon hinter mir wären! Ich möchte schon sehen, wie die Birken in fünfzig Jahren sein werden. Das Echte, das Beste ist vor uns. Jedes weitere Jahr gibt an Wuchs und Schönheit zu. Gott sei Dank, daß wir wieder um ein Jahr weiter sein werden."
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Das Jahr des Gärtners. In: Karel Čapek: Das Jahr des Gärtners. Bruno Cassirer Verlag, Berlin 1950
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