Tangled Quote by Patricia A. McKillip

“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

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

— Beth Neff

“I gave her roses and she blames me for the thorns”

— Rodney White

“But we, when we put the thorns in our breasts, we know. We understand. And still we do it. Still we do it.”

— Colleen McCullough

“Her despairing mind searches for the thorns on her floral print dress.”

— Akash Mandal

“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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The way she quietly moved through the gardens, her subtle movements like a rose petal floating on a gentle breeze. Quiet, subtle, beautiful. But…

— Nashoda Rose

“She could go on asking herself why roses had thorns or she could be thankful that thorns had roses.”

— Ella Griffin

“Let him only see the thorns who has eyes to see the rose.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

“All these pricks gathering around her body, trying to reach and pierce her rose.”

— Anthony Liccione

“The words that I will have to find for that explanation will be sharp and they will hurt, much worse than the thorns of…

— Antonia Michaelis