" The wild gatecrashes our civilised domains, and the domesticated escapes and runs riot. Weeds vividly demonstrate that natural life - and the course of evolution itself - refuse to be constrained by our cultural concepts. In doing so they make us look closely at the very idea of a divided creation. "

― Richard Mabey , Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilisation and Changed the Way We Think About Nature