"Ainsi germa l’amour dans mon âme surprise ; Je croyais ne semer qu’une fleur de printemps : C’est un grand aloès dont la racine brise Le pot de porcelaine aux dessins éclatants."
— Love

January 1, 1970

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And thus sprouted the love in my surprised soul; I believed it to be but a spring flower: Now it's a great aloe whose roots broke The porcelain pot with dazzling designs. — Théophile Gautier, Un Pot de Fleurs (1845)