Quote by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“Here you are, obsessed with romantic language-a language invented for expression between lovers-and you use it to spread animosity.”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“I pinched tendrils of periwinkle at the roots until they hung in long, limp strands, and grabbed a dozen bright white spider mums. I…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“So, what’s your secret?” Renata asked. I squinted my eyes in question, tightened my shoulders. “To staying thin?” she asked. “When you eat like…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“I studied the way the individual flowers clustered around the single stalk, their sharp points fitting together like pieces of a puzzle. Something about…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Anyone can grow into something beautiful.

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“I had been loyal to nothing except the language of flowers. If I started lying about it, there would be nothing in my life…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“some believe lily of the valley brings a return of happiness.”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“Moss grows without roots.”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“Do you really think you’re the only human being alive who is unforgivably flawed? Who’s been hurt almost to the point of breaking?”

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“Have you ever given anyone a red rose?" Grant asked. I looked at him as if he was trying to force-feed me foxglove. "Moss…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

“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 with long…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh

She was perfect. I knew this the moment she emerged from my body, white and wet and wailing. Beyond the requisite ten fingers and…

— Vanessa Diffenbaugh