Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness. Because just like a rose is beautiful, so is a sunflower, so is a peony. I mean, all flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that's like women too.
What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness!
Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using.
I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living with living things.
I've got fabulous women friends that I kind of didn't have while I was married. I realized the great need for that when the marriage started to disintegrate.
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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