Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.
- Heinrich Heine
Lowly, with a broken neck,
The crocus lays her cheek to mire.
- George Meredith
'Tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes!
- William Wordsworth
Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to.
But a kind word every now and then is really quite enough.
Too much attention, like too much feeding, and weeding and hoeing,
inhibits and embarrasses them.
- Victoria Glendinning