Beauty and Perspective Quotes

“They seemed to radiate warmth into his mother’s smile, warmth she seemed to desperately need, for she often shivered with the absence of her husband and the tears would lie frozen upon her cheeks. So, Sebastian would walk with his mother to the park, and he would admire those flowers for the warmth they gave his mother. And her tears did thaw. And her smile did endure for a while. Then, one day, they walked to the park, and Sebastian noticed that the flowers were not so yellow, and the petals sulked. And he feared his mother’s tears would return. “But I’m fine,” she replied to her child, “I enjoyed them while they were here. Now it is time for them to go.”
― Jeremiah Cobra, Beauty and Perspective: a collection of short stories and poetry