Flower Quote by Marcus Aurelius

On the first of May, with my comrades of the catechism class, I laid lilac, chamomile and rose before the altar of the Virgin,…

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

“Instead of celebrating with a cake (too full of poisonous refined sugars) and presents (too materialistic), my mother would come into my room at…

— Molly Harper

Look to the lilies how they grow! 'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we, Even in the simplest flowers that blow, God's ever-watchful care…

— David Macbeth Moir

“I brought her flowers one dusky Tuesday evening when the light was perfect. I pointed out the irony of that romantic old tradition— the…

— Peter Watts

The Blessed Virgin used me like a broom, and then put me back in my place.

— Bernadette Soubirous

“Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our buds about…

— Louisa May Alcott

I raise my pelvis to God so that it may know the truth of how flowers smash through the long winter.

— Anne Sexton

“Years ago, when she'd studied the constructions of stem, blade, stamen, ovule, she loved the infinite possibilities of the plant kingdom- but she had…

— Diana Abu-Jaber

God has blessed me many times. I had some great genetics.

— Scott Hall

“In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a trickle of…

— Jeanne McElvaney

My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid, for thou art god,…

— Francis Beaumont

About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty…

— John Woolman