"The more we learn about flowers, the less silent they are."

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Source : Sharman Apt Russell (2002). “Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers”, p.10, Basic Books

Sharman Apt Russell

#Flower Quotes #Silent Quotes

“All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.”
“A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.”
“I think support of the straight community is very important and I think there has been a profound shift in public opinion seen reflected in many ways. We do not need straight people to speak for us but we do want straight people to stand with us.”

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“If itâ€™s meant for me, it will be.' Those words are my mantra in life, and it has never let me down.”
“In the night ride across the Wular lake a small storm made me worry for the safety of my manuscript (Rajatarangini). It seemed as if the goddess of wisdom - Sharada, represented by waters of Kashmir, was unwilling to let me abduct the manuscript. This is what happened 1200 years ago to the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang, who had to leave his Sanskrit manuscript in the angry Indus River.”
“To handle paint the way Pollock did, you need the muscularity of a ballet dancer.”
“Of all the unexpected qualities of an unexpected universe, the sheer organizing power of animal and plant metabolism is one of the most remarkable. . . . Where it reaches its highest development, in the human mind, we forget it completely. . . . So important does nature regard this unseen combustion . . . that a starving man's brain will be protected to the last while his body is steadily consumed.”
“Without doubt cats are intellectuals who have been, by some mysterious decree of Providence, deprived of the comfort of the word.”

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