“It was there, under the fear, under the avoidance: a love lit with awe, so bright it hurt to look.” — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Fear Copy Share Image
“I believe you can prove everyone wrong, too, Victoria. Your behavior is a choice; it isn't who you are.” — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Choice Copy Share Image
“The only problem,” he added, “is that it takes over an hour to cook.” “Over an hour!” The thought of waiting made… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Food 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
“I had been loyal to nothing except the language of flowers. If I started lying about it, there would be nothing in… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Life Copy Share Image
“Her eyes were open, taking in my tired face... Her face twitched into what looked like a squinty smile, and in her… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Childbirth Copy Share Image
“I studied the way the individual flowers clustered around the single stalk, their sharp points fitting together like pieces of a puzzle.… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Fitting together Copy Share Image
If it was true that moss did not have roots, and maternal love could grow spontaneously, as if from nothing, perhaps I… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“It wasn't as if the flowers themselves held within them the ability to bring an abstract definition into physical reality. Instead, it… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Change 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
“For eight years I dreamed of fire. Trees ignited as I passed them; oceans burned. The sugary smoke settled in my hair… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Books Copy Share Image
“These flowers are starwort," she said. "Starwort means 'welcome.' By giving you a bouquet of starwort, I'm welcoming you to my home,… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Daisy Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth went from stand to stand as if I wasn't there, exchanging cash for heavy bags of produce: pink-and-white-striped beans, tan-colored pumpkins… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Colors-of-nature Copy Share Image
“The rapid growth of Message- combined with an outpouring of florists offering consultations in the language of flowers to the streams of… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Bay area Copy Share Image
“Sitting under a tree, I studied my options. The fall flowers were in full bloom: verbena, goldenrod, chrysanthemum, and a late-blooming rose.… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
“At the end of each day, Elizabeth read to me. She had shelves and shelves of children's classics, dusty hardcovers with stamped… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Children Copy Share Image
