
Consider
The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:–
We are as they;
Like them we fade away,
As doth a leaf.
Christina Rossetti

Consider
The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:–
We are as they;
Like them we fade away,
As doth a leaf.
Christina Rossetti

“The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower — suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.” ― Katharine Hepburn

When you’re really happy,
the birds chirp and the sun shines even on cold dark winter nights
— and flowers will bloom on a barren land. — Terri Guillemets