Yes. I think that they do... Maybe that's why so many describe themselves as being attracted to another's glow.
It would be nice if we had a greenhouse here. This place is filled with nature, but imagine how much more you could do with one... I would like to see frangipani or snowdrops myself.
... Someone here told me that souls never really die. They move on, and then they're reborn. I don't know if it's true for every world, but it's a nice thought to think that it's connected to what you're saying.
My friend Miss Iris has one, but it's for her shop. I think if I ask for one... it'd be something that everyone can enjoy. But, I think I could try to grow those flowers for you when the times comes if you'd like.
[ If the idea of being reborn is unpleasant to him on a personal level, he can at least understand the sentiment, and there is a way to neatly tie the two together - ]
If you could, I would like that. I would come see them.
Flowers are like that, aren't they? That's why humans see so many of them as symbols of hope, renewal, and even rebirth. They bring with them the promise of the warmth and life of spring.
Snowdrops are one of them, though they weren't always. They were once denounced as harbingers of bad luck and misfortune. There were even though who asserted that the sight of a single snowdrop was a sign of impeding death.
I remember reading that... But, they're like you said, too. They can symbolize the end of winter, and the hope of something better. Maybe that's something that other people could use here, too... A lot of flowers have so many meanings to them, but that's what makes them really interesting to learn about.
Do you like them because of what they represented?
I do. In their own way they've been reborn, too, going from something that represented death to new life.
Besides, I think people who feared them had the wrong idea. They were feared because they grew in cemeteries, but wouldn't it be lovely to know that there will always be someone who will lay flowers on your loved one's grave, even once once you're no longer able to?
( Basil doesn't respond right away. Something that Dazai says resonates with him. His hands are shaking a bit when he begins to text back, but he only responds when he knows he can do so without any notation to the other that he might be upset.
He thinks of Mari and the flower that he'd leave at her grave. He wonders if she hates him for what he's done. )
Do you think that those who have passed away know that things are left for them?
But even if they didn't, it would be important for us to leave flowers at their grave. After all, every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name.
So long as we remember them and speak their name, as long as we can leave flowers on their grave, those who have passed have not died; consequently, those who have snowdrops growing on their graves still have life. Don't you think?
[ The former quote is one of Ernest Hemingway - but if one sees snowdrops on a grave and brushes off the name, is that not saying the name once more? Is it not acknowledging its existence?
Are snowdrops not then flowers which acknowledge human existence? ]
( He doesn't know how he feels about those words. For Basil, the thought that someone could possibly still be around was terrifying. But, he knows that he doesn't intend any ill will behind those words. And so, it takes him a while to respond. )
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I don't think we could ever be ready when someone leaves us.
So, I'm sure that it's reassuring to know that they're never really gone.
There's one flower that I liked to leave for others called the white egret orchid. It's meaning is "my thoughts will follow you into your dreams." I... want to believe that those words will reach them.
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THAT ICON my boys...
It would be nice if we had a greenhouse here. This place is filled with nature, but imagine how much more you could do with one... I would like to see frangipani or snowdrops myself.
I'm sure it would brighten people's day.
they.... them....
My friend Miss Iris has one, but it's for her shop. I think if I ask for one... it'd be something that everyone can enjoy. But, I think I could try to grow those flowers for you when the times comes if you'd like.
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If you could, I would like that. I would come see them.
Flowers are like that, aren't they? That's why humans see so many of them as symbols of hope, renewal, and even rebirth. They bring with them the promise of the warmth and life of spring.
Snowdrops are one of them, though they weren't always. They were once denounced as harbingers of bad luck and misfortune. There were even though who asserted that the sight of a single snowdrop was a sign of impeding death.
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Do you like them because of what they represented?
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Besides, I think people who feared them had the wrong idea. They were feared because they grew in cemeteries, but wouldn't it be lovely to know that there will always be someone who will lay flowers on your loved one's grave, even once once you're no longer able to?
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He thinks of Mari and the flower that he'd leave at her grave. He wonders if she hates him for what he's done. )
Do you think that those who have passed away know that things are left for them?
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Yes. I do.
But even if they didn't, it would be important for us to leave flowers at their grave. After all, every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name.
So long as we remember them and speak their name, as long as we can leave flowers on their grave, those who have passed have not died; consequently, those who have snowdrops growing on their graves still have life. Don't you think?
[ The former quote is one of Ernest Hemingway - but if one sees snowdrops on a grave and brushes off the name, is that not saying the name once more? Is it not acknowledging its existence?
Are snowdrops not then flowers which acknowledge human existence? ]
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I don't think we could ever be ready when someone leaves us.
So, I'm sure that it's reassuring to know that they're never really gone.
There's one flower that I liked to leave for others called the white egret orchid. It's meaning is "my thoughts will follow you into your dreams." I... want to believe that those words will reach them.