“Johnny Depp is like a brother to me. We have matching tattoos on our backs - Charles Baudelaire, the flowers of evil, this giant skeleton thing. It's kind of a secret. People say to us, 'Why did you get that?' And we say, 'No reason.'” PeopleKindReasonEvilSecretBrotherFlowerGiantsNo ReasonTattooSkeletonsMatchingBaudelaire Author:Marilyn Manson
“Against a dark sky all flowers look like fireworks. There is something strange about them, at once vivid and secret, like flowers traced in fire in the phantasmal garden of a witch.” LooksDarkSecretFireSkyStrangeFlowerGardenWitchVividFireworksDark Sky Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The great secret of social alchemy is to profit best from each stage in our lives, to gather all its leaves in spring, all its flowers in summer, and all its fruits in autumn.” SocialSecretOur LivesSocietyStageFlowerSummerSpringFruitProfitAutumnAlchemy Author:Honore de Balzac
“In the condition of men, it frequently happens that grief and anxiety lie hid under the golden robes of prosperity; and the gloom of calamity is cheered by secret radiations of hope and comfort; as in the works of nature, the bog is sometimes covered with flowers, and the mine concealed in the barren crags.” MenSometimesHappensLyingGriefSecretConditionsMinesFlowerComfortAnxietyProsperityAppearanceGoldenCoveredRadiationCalamityConcealedGloomBarrenRobesBogs Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay
“What is poetry? Do not enquire. The secret dies by prying. How does the heart beat? I fainted when I saw it on the screen, opening and closing like a flower ... Poetry is like this, it is life moving, terrible, vivid. Look the other way when you write, or you might faint.” WayWritingLooksHeartDoeMightMovingPoetryDiesSecretSawsFlowerTerribleBeatsScreensOpeningPoetry IsVividClosingHeart BeatWhat Is Poetry Author:Elizabeth Smart
“Fair are the flowers and the children, but their subtle suggestion is fairer; Rarer is the roseburst of dawn, but the secret that clasps it rarer; Sweet the exultance of song, but the strain that precedes it is sweeter And never was poem yet writ, but the meaning outmastered the meter.” ChildrenSongSecretBeautySweetFlowerFairsDawnSubtleSuggestionsStrainMeter Book:Poems Source: Poems
“A kiss! When all is said, what is a kiss? An oath of allegiance taken in closer proximity, a promise more precise, a seal on a confession, a rose-red dot upon the letter i in loving; a secret which elects the mouth for ear; an instant of eternity murmuring like a bee; balmy communion with a flavor of flowers; a fashion of inhaling each other's hearts, and of tasting, on the brink of the lips, each other's soul!” HeartSaidSoulSecretTakenFashionFlowerPromiseKissingMouthsRedLettersEarsEternityRoseLipsInstantConfessionBeesCommunionPreciseFlavorAllegianceOathSealsDotsTastingProximityMurmuring Book:CYRANO DE BERGERAC Source: CYRANO DE BERGERAC
“I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets . . .” GivingLittlesFoundSecretFlowerGiving UpPeanutsCommunesFidgeting Author:George Washington Carver
“Better known as the Secret of the Golden Flower, this is a famous neidan text that the Western world came to know through Richard Wilhelm's 1929 translation. The Chinese text used by Wilhelm was edited by Zhanran Huizhen zi in 1921. Besides this, at least five more versions are available, all of which date to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and are ascribed to Lu Dongbin, who revealed them through spirit writing.” KnowsWorldWritingUsedSpiritSecretKnownFiveFlowerLateWesternAvailableVersionsGoldenChineseTranslationsWestern WorldEditedDynasty Author:Monica Esposito