--- title: "22 Wild roses Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 22 Wild roses quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Wild roses sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/l-j-smith-962_bloody_they-blossom-ever-where-you-tread-wild-r_193799.png" --- > [“They blossom ever where you tread... Wild roses bloody red.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-j-smith/they-blossom-ever-where-you-tread-wild-roses-bloody-red/) [L.J. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-j-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/l-j-smith-962_bloody_they-blossom-ever-where-you-tread-wild-r_193799.png) > [In the season of white wild roses We two went hand in hand: But now in the ruddy autumn Together already we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-turner-palgrave/in-the-season-of-white-wild-roses-we-two-went-hand-in-hand-but-now-in/) Francis Turner Palgrave [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/659/francis-turner-palgrave-92644_autumn_in-the-season-of-white-wild-roses-we-two_346899.jpg) > [The redness was going out of the light now, the remains of the day were a fading pink, the color of wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-redness-was-going-out-of-the-light-now-the-remains-of-the-day/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/stephen-king-13_color_the-redness-was-going-out-of-the-light-n_1617940.jpg) > [“That was the trouble with wild roses - they grew under a man's defenses when he wasn't watching.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-jeffries/that-was-the-trouble-with-wild-roses-they-grew-under-a-man-s-defenses/) [Sabrina Jeffries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-jeffries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/sabrina-jeffries-1064_flowers_that-was-the-trouble-with-wild-roses-the_2304542.jpg) > [When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/when-a-man-can-look-upon-the-simple-wild-rose-and-feel-no-pleasure/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/henry-ward-beecher-175_feels_when-a-man-can-look-upon-the-simple-wild_358226.png) > [Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/wild-roses-are-fairest-and-nature-a-better-gardener-than-art/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/louisa-may-alcott-318_art_wild-roses-are-fairest-and-nature-a-bett_1464511.png) > [A wild rose roofs the ruined shed, And that and summer well agree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-taylor-coleridge/a-wild-rose-roofs-the-ruined-shed-and-that-and-summer-well-agree/) [Samuel Taylor Coleridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-taylor-coleridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/samuel-taylor-coleridge-425_agree_a-wild-rose-roofs-the-ruined-shed-and-th_1558612.jpg) > [“The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/the-sun-shall-always-rise-upon-a-new-day-and-there-shall-always-be-a/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/c-joybell-c-471_believe_the-sun-shall-always-rise-upon-a-new-day_1043392.jpg) > [“Riding horseback along a country lane I saw wild roses in bloom, against an old stone wall. The expensive, improved varieties in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-webb-young/riding-horseback-along-a-country-lane-i-saw-wild-roses-in-bloom/) [James Webb Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-webb-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60d/james-webb-young-35828_flowers_riding-horseback-along-a-country-lane-i_1178137.png) > [“The wild roses were wide open and brilliant, the blue-eyed grass was in purple flower, and the silvery milkweed was just coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-cather/the-wild-roses-were-wide-open-and-brilliant-the-blue-eyed-grass-was/) [Willa Cather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-cather/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/willa-cather-634_flower_the-wild-roses-were-wide-open-and-brilli_2488901.png) > [And still I look for the men who will dare to be roses of England wild roses of England men who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/and-still-i-look-for-the-men-who-will-dare-to-be-roses-of-england/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/d-h-lawrence-426_brave_and-still-i-look-for-the-men-who-will-da_285857.png) > [I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-have-lived-pain-and-my-life-can-tell-i-only-deepen-the-wound-of-the/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/ann-voskamp-729_deepen_i-have-lived-pain-and-my-life-can-tell-i_1043542.png) > [“Seasons didn't come behind the nicotine-stained walls of Mountain City's prison, so Harm always imagined it spring--the locust trees clustered with shaggy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/seasons-didn-t-come-behind-the-nicotine-stained-walls-of-mountain/) [Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/sharyn-mccrumb-18772_appalachian-literatu_seasons-didn-t-come-behind-the-nicotine_21532.png) > [The honeysuckle was everywhere the day the letter arrived, like heat. Wild roses bloomed in hedges of tendrils and perfume. There were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathleen-schine/the-honeysuckle-was-everywhere-the-day-the-letter-arrived-like-heat/) [Cathleen Schine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathleen-schine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/cathleen-schine-12832_bees_the-honeysuckle-was-everywhere-the-day-t_1349184.png) > [I know there is poor and hideous suffering, and I've seen the hungry and the guns that go to war. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-know-there-is-poor-and-hideous-suffering-and-i-ve-seen-the-hungry/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/ann-voskamp-729_cricket_i-know-there-is-poor-and-hideous-sufferi_301300.jpg) > [“Don't raise your girls to be porcelain roses protected behind a cabinet's glass sliding doors. Raise your girls to be wild roses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/don-t-raise-your-girls-to-be-porcelain-roses-protected-behind-a/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/c-joybell-c-471_flower_don-t-raise-your-girls-to-be-porcelain-r_488524.jpg) > [“Are the roses not also--even as the owl is--excessive? Each flower is small and lovely, but in their sheer and silent abundance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/are-the-roses-not-also-even-as-the-owl-is-excessive-each-flower-is/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/mary-oliver-570_essay_are-the-roses-not-also-even-as-the-owl-i_2386707.jpg) > [“There was a time when you were not a slave, remember that. You walked alone, full of laughter, you bathed bare-bellied. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monique-wittig/there-was-a-time-when-you-were-not-a-slave-remember-that-you-walked/) [Monique Wittig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monique-wittig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/monique-wittig-21336_memory_there-was-a-time-when-you-were-not-a-sla_1354165.jpg) > [“Roses are picked every day, they are told that they will be better off sold in the flower shoppe. And so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/roses-are-picked-every-day-they-are-told-that-they-will-be-better-off/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/c-joybell-c-471_appreciating-innocen_roses-are-picked-every-day-they-are-told_1939215.jpg) > [“Part of my life no longer made sense. A life of meetings stretched between appointments, half listening to people, always running late.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-gallagher/part-of-my-life-no-longer-made-sense-a-life-of-meetings-stretched/) [Nora Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-gallagher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/nora-gallagher-56631_life_part-of-my-life-no-longer-made-sense-a-l_1082907.jpg) > [“His daughters watched in the rain. The prettiest, shyest one hid far back in the field to watch and she had good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kerouac/his-daughters-watched-in-the-rain-the-prettiest-shyest-one-hid-far/) [Jack Kerouac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kerouac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/jack-kerouac-182_children_his-daughters-watched-in-the-rain-the-pr_448138.jpg) > [“Roses, wild roses, everywhere! So plentiful were they, they were not only perfumed the air, they seemed to dye it a faint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/roses-wild-roses-everywhere-so-plentiful-were-they-they-were-not-only/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/george-macdonald-295_flowers_roses-wild-roses-everywhere-so-plentiful_300627.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wild-roses/#itemlist", "name": "Wild roses Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They blossom ever where you tread... Wild roses bloody red.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "L.J. 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