flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.
- Oscar Wilde
Earth laughs in flowers.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
- Emma Goldman
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