The Tender Consciousness is Playing

Crystal Flower, the only transparent flower in the world.Also known as Skeleton Flower, its petals become translucent upon contact with water. The scientific name is Diphylleia grayi.

No matter what I say,

what I believe, and what I do,

I am bankrupt without love.

— Corinthians 13.3b

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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long-standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Some fruit flies seem to enjoy whizzing around on a carousel in what may be a form of play.

Many animals, such as dogs and gorillas, appear to play regularly, but it is unclear how common such behaviour is in insects and other invertebrates. Last year, researchers found that bumblebees roll wooden balls around in the first evidence of insect play.

— Tilman Triphan and Wolf Huetteroth

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