Chrysanthemums Quotes
15 quotes by 13 authors
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The autumn breeze rises on the shore at Fukiage- and those white chrysanthemums are they flowers? or not? or only breakers on the beach?
— Sugawara no Michizane
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In lantern-light My yellow Chrysanthemums Lost all their color
— Yosa Buson
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Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum.
— P.G. Wodehouse
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I search and can't find myself. I belong in chrysanthemum time, sharp in calla lily elongations. God made my soul into an ornamental thing.
— Fernando Pessoa
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We spent the first night of our honeymoon in a country hotel, with Tudor architecture oak beams, and floors which sloped, of the Queen-Elizabeth-Slept-Here variety.…
— Jean Plaidy
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A grower of chrysanthemums awaited a visit from the emperor, who was coming to enjoy his blossoms, of which there were hundreds in bloom. The…
— John Templeton
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The breezes taste Of apple peel. The air is full Of smells to feel- Ripe fruit, old footballs, Burning brush, New books, erasers, Chalk, and…
— John Updike
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A chrysanthemum by any other name would be easier to spell.
— William J. Johnston
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Every year, in November, at the season that follows the hour of the dead, the crowning and majestic hours of autumn, I go to visit…
— Maurice Maeterlinck
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The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they…
— Robert Fortune
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It was a day as different from other days as dogs are from cats and both of them from chrysanthemums or tidal waves or scarlet…
— John Steinbeck
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You named your sword Fire? Fire? What kind of a boring name is that? You might as well name your sword 'Blazing Blade' and be…
— Christopher Paolini
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I seek and don’t find myself. I belong to chrysanthemum hours, neatly lined up in flowerpots.
— Fernando Pessoa
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She liked anything orange: leaves; some moons; marigolds; chrysanthemums; cheese; pumpkin, both in pie and out; orange juice; marmalade. Orange is bright and demanding. You…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an…
— Fernando Pessoa
Who Wrote These Chrysanthemums Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 15 Chrysanthemums Quotes as follows: