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Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: We replanted. The loss was substantial, but it was overshadowed completely by losing you.

We replanted. The loss was substantial, but it was overshadowed completely by losing you.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Do you really think you're the only human being alive who is unforgivably flawed? Who's been hurt almost to the point of breaking?

Do you really think you're the only human being alive who is unforgivably flawed? Who's been hurt almost to the point of breaking?

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Nothing you could do would make me send you away. Nothing.

Nothing you could do would make me send you away. Nothing.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Moss has no roots.

Moss has no roots.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I felt my true, unworthy self to be far away from his clutching grasp, hidden from his admiring gaze.

I felt my true, unworthy self to be far away from his clutching grasp, hidden from his admiring gaze.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The relentlessness with which these women tried to repair their relationships was foreign to me; I didn't understand why they didn't simply give up.

The relentlessness with which these women tried to repair their relationships was foreign to me; I didn't understand why they didn't simply give up.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'

I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.

Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Anyone can grow into something beautiful.

Anyone can grow into something beautiful.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.

I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I still look up sometimes when I cross the front of the house, expecting to see her.

I still look up sometimes when I cross the front of the house, expecting to see her.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: This is it, you know," she said. "Your life starts here. No one to blame but yourself from here on out.

This is it, you know," she said. "Your life starts here. No one to blame but yourself from here on out.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Moss grows without roots.

Moss grows without roots.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Over time, we would learn each other and I would learn to love her like a mother loves a daughter, imperfectly and without roots.

Over time, we would learn each other and I would learn to love her like a mother loves a daughter, imperfectly and without roots.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: In that moment, we were the same, each of us destroyed by our limited understanding of reality.

In that moment, we were the same, each of us destroyed by our limited understanding of reality.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Every second I have spare, I'm with my kids.

Every second I have spare, I'm with my kids.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I'm more of a thistle-peony-basil kind of girl.

I'm more of a thistle-peony-basil kind of girl.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Some believe lily of the valley brings a return of happiness.

Some believe lily of the valley brings a return of happiness.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: kissed his forehead.

kissed his forehead.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I would keep her, and raise her, and love her, even if she had to teach me how to do it.

I would keep her, and raise her, and love her, even if she had to teach me how to do it.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.

My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: For eight years I dreamed of fire. Trees ignited as I passed them; oceans burned.

For eight years I dreamed of fire. Trees ignited as I passed them; oceans burned.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The birds had been given everything they needed. A home in the thin, pure air: a moment of weightlessness, a reprieve from the gravity of life

The birds had been given everything they needed. A home in the thin, pure air: a moment of weightlessness, a reprieve from the gravity of life

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.

The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The most violent and troubling stories become part of our national consciousness about foster care.

The most violent and troubling stories become part of our national consciousness about foster care.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The language of flowers is nonnegotiable, Victoria, Elizabeth said,

The language of flowers is nonnegotiable, Victoria, Elizabeth said,

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.

I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Common thistle is everywhere," she said. "Which is perhaps why human beings are so relentlessly unkind to one another.

Common thistle is everywhere," she said. "Which is perhaps why human beings are so relentlessly unkind to one another.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Here you are, obsessed with romantic language-a language invented for expression between lovers-and you use it to spread animosity.

Here you are, obsessed with romantic language-a language invented for expression between lovers-and you use it to spread animosity.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I had been loyal to nothing except the language of flowers. If I started lying about it, there would be nothing in my life that was beautiful or true.

I had been loyal to nothing except the language of flowers. If I started lying about it, there would be nothing in my life that was beautiful or true.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.

It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Hyacinth. Please forgive me.

Hyacinth. Please forgive me.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I believe you can prove everyone wrong, too, Victoria. Your behavior is a choice; it isn't who you are.

I believe you can prove everyone wrong, too, Victoria. Your behavior is a choice; it isn't who you are.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.

I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.

Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Mistletoe. I surmount all obstacles.

Mistletoe. I surmount all obstacles.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. 'The Passion' is my favourite book.

I love Toni Morrison and Jeanette Winterson. 'The Passion' is my favourite book.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.

The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.

As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I've worked with homeless kids, kids in foster care, and I've never met a kid who couldn't be reached.

I've worked with homeless kids, kids in foster care, and I've never met a kid who couldn't be reached.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.

First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.

There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: The origin of our identity is love.

The origin of our identity is love.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.

Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Meredith Combs, the social worker responsible for selecting the stream of adoptive families that gave me back, wanted to talk to me about blame.

Meredith Combs, the social worker responsible for selecting the stream of adoptive families that gave me back, wanted to talk to me about blame.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Coming up with the right questions was even more important than coming up with the right answers.

Coming up with the right questions was even more important than coming up with the right answers.

Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes: Purple irises from a bucket on Market Street. The

Purple irises from a bucket on Market Street. The