And 't is my faith, that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
- William Wordsworth
The flower is the poetry of reproduction.
It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
- Jean Giraudoux
I have a garden of my own,
But so with roses overgrown,
And lilies,
that you would it guess to be a little wilderness.
- Andrew Marvell
If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?
- G.K. Chesterton