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> [“Your grief will fade…It's hard to believe this now, my friend…but it will wither and, like a flower, leave behind always a seed of possibility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/your-grief-will-fade-it-s-hard-to-believe-this-now-my-friend-but-it/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

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## Other authors on Like Flower

## More by Vaddey Ratner

> [“Always somewhere there was light, and, though transient, it flashed all the more brilliantly because of the surrounding dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/always-somewhere-there-was-light-and-though-transient-it-flashed-all/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Life is like that." papa turned once again to the Mekong. "Everything is connected, and sometimes we, like little fishes, are awept up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/life-is-like-that-papa-turned-once-again-to-the-mekong-everything-is/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“The United States bombed Indochina with three times the tonnage of bombs used in all of World War II; Cambodia alone was hit with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/the-united-states-bombed-indochina-with-three-times-the-tonnage-of/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Turn your tongue seven times before speaking. This way you'll have time to think if you ought to say the things you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/turn-your-tongue-seven-times-before-speaking-this-way-you-ll-have/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“If you pay close enough attention, Raami, you'll realize that a single leaf can contain myriad lives imitating our own, and you'll know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/if-you-pay-close-enough-attention-raami-you-ll-realize-that-a-single/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Lightning struck, the sky roared, and the night cried a giant's tears, thunderous and inconsolable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/lightning-struck-the-sky-roared-and-the-night-cried-a-giant-s-tears/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“He often lookes like this - like he wanted to escape but knew he couldn't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/he-often-lookes-like-this-like-he-wanted-to-escape-but-knew-he-couldn/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Knowing comes from learning, finding from seeking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/knowing-comes-from-learning-finding-from-seeking/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“When you love a flower", he said, as if wishing to explain his altered experience, "and suddenly she is gone, everything vanishes with her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/when-you-love-a-flower-he-said-as-if-wishing-to-explain-his-altered/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“She loved her daughter so much that she'd give the child whatever the girl desired. One night while they were playing in the garden,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/she-loved-her-daughter-so-much-that-she-d-give-the-child-whatever-the/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Perhaps it's natural for a father, for every parent, to see in his child all that's unspoiled and good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/perhaps-it-s-natural-for-a-father-for-every-parent-to-see-in-his/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“He supposes in this way he's learned to pray not as one might to the gods but as one does by simply pausing every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/he-supposes-in-this-way-he-s-learned-to-pray-not-as-one-might-to-the/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Your grief will fade…It's hard to believe this now, my friend…but it will wither and, like a flower, leave behind always a seed of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/your-grief-will-fade-it-s-hard-to-believe-this-now-my-friend-but-it/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“If the river brought us here," I ventured tentatively, "then when it reverses course, it'll carry us back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/if-the-river-brought-us-here-i-ventured-tentatively-then-when-it/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

> [“Absence is worse than death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaddey-ratner/absence-is-worse-than-death/)

[Vaddey Ratner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaddey-ratner/)

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