“Dryness promotes the formation of flower buds...flowering is, after all, not an aesthetic contribution, but a survival mechanism.”
“Moments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.”
“My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.”
“A flower is not better when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is the same thing — a flower in the process of expressing its potential.”
“Humans, like flowers and animals, inhabit a form that is both functional and aesthetic.”
“Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.”