Rose Quotes

1911 Rose quotes by 1138 unique authors

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet.… — Tupac Shakur
The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening. Often he had to get… — Cormac McCarthy
The magician seemed to promise that something torn to bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear, that a scattered… — Michael Chabon
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall — Stevie Wonder
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from… — Leonard Cohen
It was joy, joy, happy joy. Happy, happy joy. A big fat smiley sun rose above the rooftops and beamed down its blessings onto the… — Robert Rankin
There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden… — Alice Hoffman
Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith,… — R.J. Ellory
I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. The hills untied… — Emily Dickinson
They were connoisseurs of boredom. They savoured the various bouquets of the subtly differentiated boredoms which rose from the long, wasted hours at the dead… — Angela Carter
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. — Abraham Lincoln
Who gathers the withered rose? — William Faulkner
He will grow up into one of those people who lean back to smile and jump so easily it looks like slow motion and steer… — Hilary McKay
She’s got an indiscreet voice,” I remarked. “It’s full of-“ I hesitated. “Her voice is full of money,” he said suddenly. That was it. I’d… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Would it not be better to be dead than to have this horrible fear that Aslan has come and is not like the Aslan we… — C.S. Lewis
The sun rose like a stripper, keeping its glory well covered by cloud till it seemed there'd be no show at all. — Clive Barker
They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes, within a… — Ernest Dowson
No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current's… — Haruki Murakami
And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over.… — Amy Tan
The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any bones when I shoved her into a… — Richelle Mead
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Are you lost, little girl? The elementary school's over on west campus." A pink flush spread over her… — Richelle Mead
It is not while beauty And youth are thine own And thy cheeks Unprofaned by a tear That the ferver and faith Of a soul… — Thomas Moore
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its… — Therese of Lisieux
I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.' Rose didn't answer; the… — Graham Greene
Roses are for love. Not silly sweet-hearts' love but the love that makes you and keeps you whole, love that gets you through the worst… — Robin McKinley

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