I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then.
Interpretation
Appreciating beauty often requires deeper engagement and contemplation.
The quote expresses a profound appreciation for the subtler aspects of nature, suggesting that true understanding and connection arise when we engage with beauty on a deeper level, even in unconventional circumstances. The darkness represents a space where one can focus more intently on the essence or 'soul' of the flowers, encouraging a sense of mindfulness and appreciation for the natural world that may be overlooked in the light.
In practice
In a discussion about mindfulness and nature, you could reference this quote to emphasize the importance of deeper connections.
A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as it is in books. It's a good deal like a bad tooth, though you won't think THAT a very romantic simile. It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and then, but between times it lets you enjoy life and dreams and echoes and peanut candy as if there were nothing the matter with it.
A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.
Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance to meet life and all it can bring to us, even if it brings scads of trouble and typhoid and twins!" (Anne to Gilbert)
Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.
The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.
Ultimately, the human being is in the mercy of nature.
We are faced with an incredible challenge to curb our greenhouse-gas emissions around the globe. Everyone has to realize this and come to terms with this.
One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.
A widening circle of researchers believes that the loss of natural habitat, or the disconnection from nature even when it is available, has enormous implications for human health and child development. They say the quality of exposure to nature affects our health at an almost cellular level.
It was a cold day but the sun was out and the trees were like great bonfires against gray distant fields and hills.
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