Elizabeth Coatsworth Quotes

During much of my life, I was anxious to be what someone else wanted me to be. Now I have given up that struggle. I am what I am.

self-acceptance

No wonder the tulip is the patron flower of Holland.  Looking at it one almost smells fresh paint laid on in generous brilliance: doors, blinds, whole houses, canal boats, pails, farm wagons—all painted in greens, blues, reds, pinks, yellows.

flowers