I'm susceptible to that sort of thing - to walls and flowers. You can probably get something more from a wall than a person sometimes. It's just put somewhere.
“If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.”
“During the early months of the war in 1914 there was a conflict of opinion between the War Office and the Foreign Office regarding news from the Front.”