“Once an idea is out and about, it can’t be called back, silenced or erased. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon.” “No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos.” “Next time you see a yardful of sprouting dandelions, note that they look remarkably like things we call “flowers.” And later, when the flowers turn into fluff balls, look closely at one of those fluff balls and ask yourself whether it’s really so unattractive.” “Never overlook wallflower at dance may be dandelion in grass.” “Most of the dandelions had changed from suns into moons.” “Last summer I spent almost an hour blowing dandelions off their stems towards him, so that he had a chance to wish for everything he wanted.” Then we’d blow away like wishes made on dandelion heads.” The pair of us would live for as long as we could. “Knowing even as I craved permanence in New York City, that would never come to pass. “It gives one a sudden start in going down a barren, stoney street, to see upon a narrow strip of grass, just within the iron fence, the radiant dandelion, shining in the grass, like a spark dropped from the sun.” “If you find yourself worrying, go outside, take three breaths, address a tree and quietly say, ‘Thank you.’ If you can’t find a tree, a dandelion will do… Nature is magic.” “If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.” “I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world.” The only thing that grows is dandelions in the cracks of the sidewalk and we always end up killing them.” “I turn and run, watching my feet trample a massacre of weeds. “Go for a short walk in a soft rain – lovely – so many wild flowers startling me through the woods and a lawn sprinkled with dandelions, like a night with stars.” “Does poem also walk through the valleys seeking tongues from dandelions?” The fruit of the harvest, a world reborn.” “Dandelions, like all things in nature are beautiful when you take the time to pay attention to them.” “Dandelions are just friendly little weeds who only want to be loved like flowers.” “Beautiful as a dandelion-blossom golden in the green grass, this life can be.” “Already the dandelions Are changed into vanishing ghosts.” These quotes about making wishes on dandelions capture the magical nature of this long standing tradition. There is a long standing practice of making a wish and blowing on a dandelion hoping that it will come true.

Dandelion Wishes by Miah Laino