Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.»
— Guy de Maupassant
I don’t stand for black man’s side,
— Bob Marley
I don’t stand for white man’s side,
I stand for God’s side.
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If only it were all so simple!
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (The Gulag Archipelago)
Calla Red Wine
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like…
DayLily Night
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in—what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and…
Black Spice
A black and white photograph, punctuated by a vivid orange focal point — the delicate core of crocus flowers, evoking the…
Crazy Orchid
Flowers, after love, must have been the best advert planet Earth had going for it.― Matt Haig, The Humans