Blanche de la Vallée

“How is it you can talk so nicely?' Alice said, hoping to get it into a better temper by a compliment. 'I've been in many gardens before, but none of the flowers could talk.'
'Put your hand down, and feel the ground,' said the Tiger-lily. 'Then you'll know why.'
Alice did so. 'It's very hard,' she said, 'but I don't see what that has to do with it.'
'In most gardens,' the Tiger-lily said, 'they make the beds too soft - so that the flowers are always asleep.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

“Change is the part of the very definition of life. The world changes, and flourishing demands constant growth and life-long learning.”
― Paul Gibbons, Reboot Your Career: A Blueprint for Finding Your Calling, Marketing Yourself,and Landing Great Gigs

“Agape is the concrete commitment to the flourishing of someone or something outside of oneself. Even and perhaps especially when that flourishing, hence the joy, is threatened.”
― Bas Heijne

“If they spit on you,
collect their spittle to water your plants.

If they throw stones at you,
pick them up to adorn your garden.

If they call you the enemy, a liar and a narcissist.
Plant those very flowers: anemone, lily and narcissus.

Use their crap to cultivate your mind.”
― Kamand Kojouri