... do you think there is anywhere, in any language, a word billowing enough for the pleasure that fills you, as the sun reaches out, as it warms you as you stand there, empty-handed--- or have you too turned from this world
but·ton·hole -noun 1. the hole or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured. -verb (used with object) 2. to sew with a buttonhole stitch. 3. to make buttonholes in. 4. to hold by the buttonhole or otherwise abruptly detain (someone) in conversation
Famous
...famous in the way a buttonhole is famous, not because it did anything spectacular, but because it never forgot what it could do. Naomi Shihab Nye
a buttonhole
"...you trust a button hole...you trust it to know what it is intended for. It is discreet, subtle, but very useful and important... Naomi Shihab Nye
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