Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language Of Flowers Quotes
This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.
There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.
The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.
Nothing you could do would make me send you away. Nothing.
Over time, we would learn each other, and I would learn to love her like a mother loves a daughter, imperfectly and without roots.
I would keep her, and raise her, and love her, even if she had to teach me how to do it.
Now, as an adult, my hopes for the future were simple: I wanted to be alone, and to be surrounded by flowers. It seemed, finally, that I might get exactly what I wanted.