“She demanded, "Give up your life of idolatry and become a doctor."I declined. "I have my geraniums to look after.”

Nick Bantock

Nick Bantock - “She demanded, "Give up your life of...” 1

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“I focused very hard on the dead geranium in his line of vision. I thought if I could make it bloom he would have his answer. In my heaven it bloomed. In my heaven geranium petals swirled in eddies up to my waist. On Earth nothing happened... I stood alone in a sea of bright petals.”

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