"Should I pluck it, my hands would defile the flower; I offer it, as it stands, to the Buddhas of the Three Worlds."

Empress Kōmyō, Japan

701 - 760

"The gaze of the wolf reaches into our soul."

Barry Lopez

Born January 6, 1945

"With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy."

Lope de Vega

November 25, 1562 - August 27, 1635