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In literature the term “celery” has occasionally been employed not for its culinary value but rather as a subtle, evocative color—a pale, natural green suggestive of freshness and quiet vitality. For instance, one writer uses it in a striking, almost surreal contrast, declaring that a character was caught “between Celery on one side and Cherubs on the other,” an image that juxtaposes the earthy, understated hue of celery against the soft, angelic quality of cherubs [1]. In a similarly imaginative turn, another passage pairs “Celery and Cherubs” as symbols of nuanced, almost melancholic emotional states—transforming a common vegetable’s tint into a metaphor for delicate temperament and fleeting beauty [2].
  1. Wishing to describe a perplexing situation, this lady said,-- "You see, my dear, she was between Celery on one side and Cherubs on the other!
    — from Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  2. Their Celery and Cherubs are tears and temper.
    — from Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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