![In a painful time of my life I went often to a wooded hillside where May apples grew by the hundreds, and I thought the sourness of their fruit had a symbolism for me. Instead, I was to find both love and happiness soon thereafter. So to me [the May apple] is the mandrake, the love symbol, of the old dealers in plant restoratives.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-a-painful-time-of-my-life-i-went-often-to-a-wooded-hillside-where-may-apples-g.jpg)
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