Hyacinth. Please forgive me. Author: Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Quote More from Vanessa Diffenbaugh “This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without …” “If it was true that moss did not have roots, and maternal love could grow spont…” “For eight years I dreamed of fire. Trees ignited as I passed them; oceans burne…” “In that moment, we were the same, each of us destroyed by our limited understan…”