16 Quotes by Ella Griffin

The air was so frigid that it almost hurt to breathe. They wrapped their arms around one another and thought of all the Christmas cracker jokes they could remember to distract themselves from the cold. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? Frostbite. What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic. Why did Santa go into therapy? Because he suffered from low elf-esteem.

What do Northsiders use for protection when having sex? Bus shelters.What's the difference between a Northsider and Batman? Batman can go into a shop without robbin'.What do you call a Northsider in a suit? The defendant.

As if in answer to her question, an odor of decay seeped through thee doorway from the darkened shop.Senescence, she thought. A beautiful word for what happened to all living things as they progressed toward death. Petals fading, leaves falling, stems beginning to rot.

The light catching in the drops that clung to the window cast tiny darts of rainbows that danced around them. "Spring is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine

She could go on asking herself why roses had thorns or she could be thankful that thorns had roses.

Dusty hydrangeas pale as robins' eggs. Delphiniums iridescent as butterfly wings. Cornflowers the hazy blue of the summer skies

I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;I am the memory of a moment of happiness;I am the last gift of the living to the dead;I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.-Kahlil Gibran"Song of the Flower XXIII

She began to scroll through her Pinterest board. Flowers blossomed on the screen. The golds and ochres first. Golden peonies, apricot honeysuckle, saffron, poppies the color of amber.

Ordering online was all about ticking boxes. Species. Color. Size. Number. Grade of quality. Degree of openness. But there was something miraculous about seeing the flowers she'd imagined brought to life. Roses from Columbia. Chrysanthemums from Ecuador. Orchids from Thailand. Anemones and agapanthus from Spain. Stargazers and parrot tulips from the vast Dutch flower fields.