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Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH was born in San Francisco and raised in Chico, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she worked in the non-profit sector, teaching art and technology to youth in low-income communities. Following the success of her debut novel, The Language of Flowers, she co-founded Camellia Network (now Lifeset Network), a non-profit whose mission is to connect every youth aging out of foster care to the critical resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive in adulthood. She currently lives in Monterey, CA, with her husband and four children.

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	The Language of Flowers 4.09 avg rating — 231,400 ratings — published 2011 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Never Asked for Wings 3.84 avg rating — 20,192 ratings — published 2015 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Victorian Flower Dictionary by Mandy Kirkby, Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Language of Flowers: A Miscellany by Mandy Kirkby, Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.09 avg rating — 242 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Táknmál blómanna by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author), Ásdís Mjöll Guðnadóttir (translator) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language of Flowers 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De verborgen taal van bloemen by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author), Lucie Schaap (translator), Maaike Bijnsdorp (translator) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Language of Flowers [LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS 9D] [Compact Disc] by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (?)

“Anyone can grow into something beautiful.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language of Flowers

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“Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language of Flowers

tags: love

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“Common thistle is everywhere,” she said. “Which is perhaps why human beings are so relentlessly unkind to one another.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language of Flowers

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February 2016 - BoTM "Red or Pink Cover" Theme- 2nd Poll

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by Caroline Kepnes

24 votes, 32.0%

The Little Paris Bookshop

by Nina George

15 votes, 20.0%

The Language of Flowers

by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

13 votes, 17.3%

The Magician's Lie

by Greer Macallister

12 votes, 16.0%

Mudbound

by Hillary Jordan

11 votes, 14.7%

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Vanessa’s Quotes

“To love is to undress our names.”
― Octavio Paz

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“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

tags: loneliness, secret-knowledge, secrets, solitude

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“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

tags: faith, love, strength

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“For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies

tags: beauty, inspirational

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“I live through risk. Without risk there is no art. You should always be on the edge of a cliff about to fall down
and break your neck.”
― Carlos Fuentes

tags: email-signature

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message 4: by Robin

Aug 28, 2015 01:23PM

Vanessa,

I love the article about you and your family in Monterey County Weekly! What an inspiration you and your husband are!

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message 3: by Linda

May 22, 2012 09:40AM

Thanks for adding me as a "friend". I absolutely loved your book and your writing style. As a fellow author, your writing inspires me. I can't wait to read more from you in the future.

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message 2: by Lauren

Apr 05, 2012 06:02PM