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" The connection you are creating here is like a flower. It requires soil and sun. things that, thanks to God, are given freely. But it is you, all of us, who has to water the flower to make it grow, Without water, all relations remain small. They can't open, and eventually die "
― Tembi Locke , From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
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" The connection you are creating here is like a flower. It requires soil and sun, things that, thanks to God, are given freely. But it is you, all of us, who has to water the flower to make it grow. Without water, all relations remain small. They can’t open, and eventually they die. "
― Tembi Locke , From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home