"For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive."

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"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed."

James Allen, British Author

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"It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

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"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

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"I like perfume and flowers."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

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"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

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"In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"Gather the flowers, but spare the buds."

Andrew Marvell, English Writer

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"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

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"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

Walter Hagen, American Athlete

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"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed."

"It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet."

"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

"I like perfume and flowers."

"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

"In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers."

"Gather the flowers, but spare the buds."

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

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"I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense."

"I don't think I do have a soul."

"I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world."

"'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival."

"In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid."

"At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you."

"I started writing when I was about thirteen."

"For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive."