Let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive.
- John Keats
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
- Jean Giraudoux
Break open
A cherry tree
And there are no flowers,
But the spring breeze
Brings forth myriad blossoms.
- Ikkyu Sojun
God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.
- J. M. Barrie