Lone and erect, beneath light's primal flood,
A lily! and pure as any one of you.
- Mallarme
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
- Emma Goldman
Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes -
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.
- Elizabeth Barrett Brownbing
Who would have thought it possible that a tiny little flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn't room for any other thought....
- Sophie Scholl