Best Christina Rossetti Sayings
- Fair as the moon and joyful as the light; Tot wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope… Bright
- She cried, "Laura," up the garden, "Did you miss me? Come and kiss me. Never mind my bruises, Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices… Braved
- Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me. Birthday
- Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. All
- My heart is breaking for a little love Breaking
- I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all? All
- Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live My very life again though cold in death; Come back to me in dreams, that… Ago
- Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break: Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed For… Break
- My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with… All
- Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep. Choose
- What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and… Blossoms
- Where are the songs I used to know, Where are the notes I used to sing? I have forgotten everything I used to know so… Ago
- Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time. Branch
- Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one to thank. Glorious
- Spring is when life's alive in everything. Alive
- Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. Better
- I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on. Dream
- Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth. Birth
- Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign. All