“My innocence is a dying flower”
“Be the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it”
“Look like the innocent flower,But be the serpent under it.”
“The flowered trim on the hems [of the dress] seemed superfluous, even frivolous, but at the same time it comforted her, as though the idea that a seamstress had thought to adorn clothing so innocently implied that somewhere, innocence was safe.”
“Hours fly...Flowers die.”
“Why is it acceptable to do such horrible things in the name of staying alive? Would it not have been better had I died with my innocence intact?”