“The language of flowers is nonnegotiable, Victoria,” Elizabeth said,” — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Flower Copy Share Image
Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Giving Copy Share Image
“Do you really think you’re the only human being alive who is unforgivably flawed? Who’s been hurt almost to the point of… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Acceptance-of-oneself Copy Share Image
“Common thistle is everywhere,” she said. “Which is perhaps why human beings are so relentlessly unkind to one another.” — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Thistle Copy Share Image
“So, what’s your secret?” Renata asked. I squinted my eyes in question, tightened my shoulders. “To staying thin?” she asked. “When you… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Eating Copy Share Image
“I pinched tendrils of periwinkle at the roots until they hung in long, limp strands, and grabbed a dozen bright white spider… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“As she looked me up and down, I felt like a daughter returning from summer camp to a mother who had worried… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“I was unaccustomed to men in general, having spent my adolescence in all-female group homes with only an occasional male therapist or… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Love Copy Share Image
“Still a daughter. But soon, in hours apparently, I'll be nobody's daughter. Surface lovliness was the outward visible sign of an inward… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Children Copy Share Image
“Bowing my head, I dipped my nose into the bouquet I'd assembled. There was flax, and forget-me-not, and hazel. There were white… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“Have you ever given anyone a red rose?" Grant asked. I looked at him as if he was trying to force-feed me… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Flowers Copy Share Image
“The more I read, the more I felt my understanding of the universe slip away from me. Columbine symbolized both 'desertion' and… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“I could have hired someone else. Someone less flawed, perhaps, or at least better at hiding it. But none of them would… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Dressing room Copy Share Image
“When my hunger grew to the point of distraction, I climbed onto buses and rode to the Marina, Fillmore Street, or Pacific… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh First blood Copy Share Image
“What're you reading?" "Gertrude Stein." I shook my head. I'd never heard of her. "The poet?" he asked. "You know, 'A rose… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Flower Copy Share Image
