““I was at once content and stimulated with what I saw: I liked what I had seen, and wished to see more. Yet, for a long time, I treated you distantly, and sought your company rarely. I was an intellectual epicure, and wished to prolong the gratification of making this novel and piquant acquaintance: besides, I was for a while troubled with a haunting fear that if I handled the flower freely its bloom would fade-the sweet charm of freshness would leave it. I did not then know that it was no transitory blossom; but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.””
![“It is a flower that can be opened in many way...Unfold the petals of [your] stories one by one and [you] will see a great deal.” quote by Hyemeyohsts Storm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/26d/hyemeyohsts-storm-61548_flower_it-is-a-flower-that-can-be-opened-in-man_2813049.jpg)
