His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes, but as the result of an exercise of concealment. There must be many books, many lovely pines, to shield from hungry eyes the book that really matters, the wretched cave of our misfortune, the magic flower of winter!Anonymous
About This Quote
In his poem, "The Magic Flower of Winter," Dr. Seuss tells a story about a man who is trying to protect a precious, but ugly flower from being stolen by someone else. In the end, the man gives up and allows some other person to take his book or book of poetry. The image he illustrates with the "wretched cave of our misfortune," is that of a life that is full of disappointment and failure.
We all have an ugly flower in our life that we try to hide from others. It's not always easy, but it's necessary.
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