Flowers Quote by Olive Schreiner

“There's a special kind of man who plants a tree when he knows he'll move on before it's big enough for him to sit…

— Sandra Dallas

“In the dark of the trees he could smell splintered wood and see white upturned faces like wide white dirty flowers.”

— Michael Shaara

“A thorn is a pain, but the flower is a beauty if it vanishes it will leave hundreds of seeds afterward.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“An irrelevant and poignant sensation of pleasure rose in him, like a tree that grew up and flowered all in one moment with its…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted.”

— Byron

“For every thorn is just as essential to the longevity of the plant as the blossoms.”

— S.R. Ford

This thorn in my side is from the tree I planted, ooh it tears me.

— Metallica

“He'd grown unused to woods like this. He'd become accustomed to the Northwest, evergreen and shaded dark. Here he was surrounded by soft leaves,…

— Michael Montoure

“Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, That creepeth o’er ruins old! Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his…

— Charles Dickens

“He was among trees then, spring trees tender with the new matchless green of young leaves, and a clear sun dappling them; summer trees…

— Susan Cooper

“His misfortune was that he saw a cherry tree in a garden.”

— Erich Maria Remarque

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

— Suzannah Daniels