"The Blood of Flowers" Quotes
A young woman in 17th-century Persia navigates love and loss as she pursues her passion for rug-making.
historical fiction | 368 pages | Published in 2007
Quotes
I am a woman who knows how to embroider, who has a tongue to speak, who can cook a good meal, and who can smile.
Each design requires its own set of stitches. If you choose the wrong one, you will ruin the pattern.
It is difficult to know who we are in times of ease. But in times of hardship, the answer is readily apparent.
Beauty is a thing that lies between the illusion and the reflection.
The heart, like the grape, is prone to delivering its harvest in the same season in which it was cultivated.
A full belly can do strange things to a woman’s heart.
When the time comes, the right man will not care about your lack of dowry.
It is better to live among the living, in a house filled with noise and activity, than to dwell in a beautiful empty ruin.
It is not the silk that makes the woman, but the woman that makes the silk.
The most beautiful patterns are born from the most difficult times.
