I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then.
Interpretation
Appreciating beauty often requires deeper engagement and contemplation.
The quote expresses a profound appreciation for the subtler aspects of nature, suggesting that true understanding and connection arise when we engage with beauty on a deeper level, even in unconventional circumstances. The darkness represents a space where one can focus more intently on the essence or 'soul' of the flowers, encouraging a sense of mindfulness and appreciation for the natural world that may be overlooked in the light.
In practice
In a discussion about mindfulness and nature, you could reference this quote to emphasize the importance of deeper connections.
A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as it is in books. It's a good deal like a bad tooth, though you won't think THAT a very romantic simile. It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and then, but between times it lets you enjoy life and dreams and echoes and peanut candy as if there were nothing the matter with it.
A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.
Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance to meet life and all it can bring to us, even if it brings scads of trouble and typhoid and twins!" (Anne to Gilbert)
Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.
I think that Canada is one of the most impressive countries in the world, the way it has managed a diverse population, a migrant economy. The natural beauty of Canada is extraordinary. Obviously there is enormous kinship between the United States and Canada, and the ties that bind our two countries together are things that are very important to us.
The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.
We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.
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