Quote by Nashoda Rose

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“She was probably a trusting, naïve girl before him, like a daisy. And then he came, and pulled her petals off one by one,…

— Sara Wolf

“People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.”

— Nenia Campbell

“Rose is not complete without the thorns.”

— Pam Muñoz Ryan

“She looked at her roses. They were white, some incurved and holy, others expanded in an ecstacy. The tree was dark as a shadow.…

— D.H. Lawrence

“She prunes the idea away like a faded rose blossom, and quickly discards it as if the thorns might puncture her resolve.”

— Beth Neff

“When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“On the walk, like shredded lovely flesh, were the petals of the last gallant rose.”

— Sinclair Lewis

“And then something blossomed deep within and opened almost like the multitude petals of a rose, pushing back the tension in rippling waves as…

— Mary Balogh

“The thorns we endure in life are but shadowed by the precious petals of a rosey outlook.”

— Andrew Pacholyk

“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

“And then he came, and pulled her petals off one by one, forcing her to surround herself with thorns to survive. But he missed…

— Sara Wolf