Despair Quote by Laura Lam

“A rose, isn't quite as beautiful as it once was, when after its thorn pricks you.”

— Anthony Liccione

“The mind is a red rose with thorns... don't get too close.”

— Bert McCoy

“...sometimes we can’t enjoy the bloom of a rose because we’re too busy crying over being pricked by the thorn.”

— Suzannah Daniels

“Every rose has a thorn.”

— Poison

“Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I may not have roses in my heart, but there are no thorns within.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Mindy.” he softly said my name. “Tell me…my beautiful red rose,” he continued, “why must you let this thorny bush grip onto you, keeping…

— Deb Apodaca

“Something inside his chest unlocked--wildly, slowly, a peculiar sort of melting. He was lost. He was the thorn and the thistle, blown upon her…

— Shana Abé

“If you love a rose, you have to love its thorns too.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don't waste time looking at the thorns or you'll miss the roses.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Delicate footprints circled around and around in a softly traced maze. I breathed in the scent of the deep crimson rose petals before me,…

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney