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Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed.

Hannah Whitall Smith
Wrecks, Acorns, Plant
Hannah Whitall Smith (2011). “God of All Comfort”, p.121, Anamchara Books
Before the acorn can bring forth the oak, it must become itself a wreck. No plant ever came from any but a wrecked seed.