The Stars of Heaven

"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!  It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.  Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars the flowers of the heaven."
-  A.J. Balfour    

If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its
long journey toward the stars?"  
-  G.K. Chesterton 

"When bright flowers bloom
Parchment crumbles, my words fade
The pen has dropped ..."
-  Morpheus