"A gift of flowers to a woman implies that she is as deliciously desirable as the blossoms themselves; but there may be another and hidden message, contained in the old-fashioned phrases like 'shy as a violet, 'clinging vine,' not originally conceived as pejoratives, that tells more of the truth - which is that flowers are also emblems of feminine submission."

-- Eleanor Perenyi

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“Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.”
“So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why.”
“I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.”

Source : Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.20, Random House
“I don't work well outside the lines; my report card once read, 'doesn't play well with others.'”
“If the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it. One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.”
“Couples who have been together for a long time say the key to staying together is to work as a team toward the greater good, tolerating some tough (even tragic) times to grow together and work toward a mature kind of union.”
“In his big victory speech last night, Senator Kerry said that he wanted to defeat George Bush and the 'economy of privilege.' Then he hugged his wife, Teresa, heir to the multi-million dollar Heinz food fortune.”
“Adults always acted like they could fix everything. But they can't. And they know it.”

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