"The dandelions at the base of the telephone pole. Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She..."

“The dandelions at the base of the telephone pole. Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She thought they were pretty. But grown-ups say, Miss Dunion keeps her yard so nice. Not a dandelion anywhere… Nobody loves the head of a dandelion. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon.”

- The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison.