“If April showers
Should come your way,
They bring the flowers
That bloom in May.”

“Surely, no one hoped for so many things.
Hold the flowers close to your heart;
they may someday bloom.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

“May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“The nature of this flower is to bloom.”

Alice Walker (1944) American author and activist

“It will all come back — the wasted splendor,
The heart's lost youth like a breaking flower,
The dauntless dare, and the wistful, tender
Touch of the April hour.”

Edwin Markham (1852–1940) American poet

“The Nature of This Flower Is to Bloom

Rebellious. Living.
Against the Elemental Crush.
A Song of Color
Blooming
For Deserving Eyes.
Blooming Gloriously
For its Self.”

Alice Walker (1944) American author and activist

“Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.”

Henryk Sienkiewicz book In Desert and Wilderness

“Good deeds stand tall like a green pine, evil deeds bloom like flowers;
The pine is not as brilliant as the flowers, it seems.
When the frost comes, the pine will still stand tall,
While the flowers, withered, can be seen no more”

Nasir Khusraw (1004–1088) Persian poet and philosopher

“When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere”

John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher

“Flowers are made to bloom in the sun and not to be shut up in an apron.”

Johanna Spyri book Heidi