Anais Nin

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” 

LAYERS

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of LAYERS, cells, constellations.”

~Anais Nin

Earth Laughs in Flowers ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.  ~Emma Goldman

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.  ~John Ruskin

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.  ~Claude Monet

This very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow’s happiness grow. ~Margaret Lindsey

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.  ~Henri Matisse

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. ~Jeremy Bentham

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb

“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds”. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow