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> [Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-schreiner/perhaps-the-old-monks-were-right-when-they-tried-to-root-love-out/)

[Olive Schreiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-schreiner/)

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> [Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-selzer/surgery-is-the-red-flower-that-blooms-among-the-leaves-and-thorns/)

[Richard Selzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-selzer/)

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