![Tulipes Smile on Me 6.38.06 PM](https://i1.wp.com/thelensandpen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Tulipes-Smile-on-Me-6.38.06-PM.jpg?resize=600%2C600)
- La vie est une fleur dont l’amour est le miel. Life is a flower of which love is the honey. – Victor Hugo
- Vivre sans aimer n’est pas proprement vivre. To live without loving is to not really live. – Molière
![Sweet violets and columbine](https://i0.wp.com/thelensandpen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Violets-and-Columbine-Sweet.jpg?resize=600%2C471)
- Il n’y a qu’un bonheur dans la vie, c’est d’aimer et d’être aimé. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand
- Entre deux coeurs qui s’aiment, nul besoin de paroles. Two hearts in love need no words. – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
![My Heart](https://i0.wp.com/thelensandpen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Pink-Tulips-Mon-Coeur.jpg?resize=600%2C428)
- Aimer, ce n’est pas se regarder l’un l’autre, c’est regarder ensemble dans la même direction. Love doesn’t mean gazing at each other, but looking, together, in the same direction. – Antoine de St-Exupéry
- Le seul vrai langage au monde est un baser. The only true language in the world is a kiss. – Musset
![Je t'aime - I love you](https://i2.wp.com/thelensandpen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Rose-Love-Blue-1.jpg?resize=600%2C750)
- L’amour est la poésie des sens. Love is the poetry of the senses. – Balzac
- C’est cela l’amour, tout donner, tout sacrifier sans espoir de detour. That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return. – Albert Camus
![Here's a hug for you!](https://i2.wp.com/thelensandpen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/African-Daisy-Heres-Hugs.jpg?resize=600%2C471)
Je vous embrasse bien fort. I embrace (hug or kiss) you wholeheartedly. Here’s a hug for you!
All photographs and floral art by ©Nancy Kirkpatrick Photography. Textures, frames and other elements from French Kiss Collections
Belinda Gergel
February 10, 2016 at 11:26 amThese photographs are simply gorgeous!!!
Nancy
February 10, 2016 at 11:31 amThank you so much. I love photographing flowers especially! Please consider subscribing by email so you won’t miss any! Happy to have you as a reader. Happy Valentine’s Day.