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“Sweet desert rose Each of her veils, a secret promise This desert flower No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this”

— Sting

My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living…

— Waris Dirie

It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass within miles.…

— Rosita Forbes

“But any picture could deal with the problem of light. The problem with this picture is greater than that of reflective surfaces - it's…

— Whitney Otto

My life is a crystal teardrop. There are snowflakes falling in the teardrop and little figures trudging in slow motion.

— Joan Baez

My days – the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood – have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In…

— Daniel O'Connell

A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.

— Esther Meynell

This, at last, was where things were as they ought to be. Everything was in its place -- the tree, the earth underneath, the…

— Jean Liedloff

Sometimes, sometimes it is really difficult to turn and walk away from someone you have loved and cherished for so long. You know deep…

— David Kreger

Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.

— Ernie Banks

One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,…

— Anonymous

“Most girls get flowers or candy. I get a declaration of martial law.”

— Lisa Shearin

Set NOT your hearts on the flowers of this world. They shall fade and die. Prize the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of…

— Anonymous

A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad…

— Emily Dickinson

“It is not the force of the wind, but the depth of the roots.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough