Jack Kornfield

Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.

American Clergyman

Katie Lowes

When I start my mornings, I put some essential oils in a diffuser; it might be orange blossom or jasmine to energize and spruce me up or lavender at night to really calm me down.

American Actress

Courteney Cox

One trick I swear by: I pour a little neroli or lavender oil onto a hot towel and use it to wipe off my makeup. It opens up my pores, and then my face cream sinks in better.

Michel Faber

I joined an Internet community of Victorian scholars, which meant that if I posted a question about 1875's lavender harvest, more than a thousand experts would ponder it.

Dutch Writer

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

One of my favourite plants is English lavender but it doesn't have the best reputation for growing in the Highlands.

British Royalty

Isabel Gillies

Sprinkling drops of lavender and clary-sage oil into a bath is a totally simple yet complex pleasure.

Nicki Minaj

Lavender is the new pink. I'll never stop wearing pink but I wanted to venture out.

American Musician

Caroline Polachek

Before I play a show, I put on lavender oil - it's sort of a ritual.

Michael Moore

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

American Activist

Alice Walker

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

American Author

Lavender is often mentioned to evoke a calming and soothing atmosphere due to its fragrance.

Scent Association

Poets and authors use lavender imagery to describe serene and picturesque natural scenes.

Nature Imagery

Lavender can symbolize purity, calmness, and luxury in various contexts, from literary to commercial.

Symbolic Meaning

Lavender as a color is used descriptively in fashion and design to suggest elegance or femininity.

Descriptive Color

Describing something as lavender implies a specific pale purple shade, not just any purple.

Color Variations

In interior design, lavender is used to create a peaceful and serene home space.

Interior Design

In aromatherapy, lavender is reputed for its relaxation and stress-relief properties.

Aromatherapy Use

The fragrance of lavender in products is intended to provide a sensory experience linking to comfort.

Sensory Experience

Lavender can be used both in a literal sense, for the actual scent, or figuratively, to describe a calming presence.

Literal and Figurative

 be installing some lavender shrubs we have kangaroo paw in the back and also tea tree here so it's a good variety you get a lot of color in these yards but none of these plants are gonna require much maintenance and certainly not a lot of water green grass is you know staple of American life it's been

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 also added in a little bit of lavender and sage to keep us grounded because we were so nervous. And it was put together by a sweet sister healer friend of ours. I never wanted a diamond ring, because conflict and convention are not my thing, so my ring is the deepest purple,

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 essential oils because they don't expire and they tend to work faster so you're gonna need Melaleuca to cleanse the wound clove oil it'll numb around the incision frankincense helps promote tissue healing in lavender for calming yeah let's bag all this stuff up and and

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 And as you go down, the washing machine at the surface calms down. And it gets quiet. And it starts getting really nice. And as you go deeper, that lovely, blue water you were launched in gives way to darker and darker blue. And finally, it's a rich lavender,

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 Each gas emits photons of a different wavelength when electrified, which correspond to different colors of light. Neon gives off an orange-red glow, argon glows a pale lavender, helium a dusty pink, krypton a silver- white, and xenon a light purple.

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 and her neurologist expected that she might live another two weeks. She had an inoperable brain tumor, and her decline had really accelerated in the week before she came to us. After settling into her room, dressed entirely in pink and lavender,

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 We think about a madeleine moistened in lavender tea. We forget how harsh his vision was. We forget how pitiless he is. I mean, these are books that Virginia Woolf said were tough as cat gut. I don't know what cat gut is,

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 communities where schoolchildren are unable to go to school for days, sometimes weeks, on end. Who would have thought that this plant with round leaves, inflated stems, and showy, lavender flowers

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 then have calming lavender sent over em okay I must go for this type but I was so in love with linus torvalds i love him so much and he helped my marriage a million percent this week

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 Caeser rub some lavender scented oil in his hands to see if aromatherapy will help calm Cobar when I get nervous myself when I get a little anxious I