“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.”
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Alice Walker 91
American author and activist 1944Related quotes
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For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away!
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