“It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.”
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“There was a gulmohar tree in the lane, the flaming orange flowers erupting from within, and banyan trees, private and removed as ancient pilgrims.”
—
Amit Chaudhuri
,
book
A New World
A New World (2000)
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