People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
- Iris Murdoch
The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places
in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.- Gertrude S. Wister
Belladonna:
In Italian, a beautiful lady,
In English a deadly poison.
- Ambrose Bierce
Simply trust,
Do not the petals flutter down,
Just like this?
- Issa