Desert Flower

“And I rose
In rainy autumn
And walked abroad in a shower of all my days...”
― Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems

“You think plants don’t have feelings? Maybe not the type of feelings you and I have, but they do have planty feelings, really slow feelings that unfold or blossom over years rather than seconds.”
― David Duchovny, Holy Cow

“We cannot intervene in the rotation of the earth," said Delaura.
"But we could be unaware of it so that it does not cause us grief," said the Bishop.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Of Love and Other Demons

“I also hate people to ask cheerfully how you are when they know you're feeling like hell and expect you to say "fine”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar