Quote by Rupert Thomson Download Open image ““She looked the way a rose petal looks when you crush it between finger and thumb.”” — Rupert Thomson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Like Beauty. But she only pricked her finger. I had a spindle through my heart.” — Francesca Lia Block Copy Share Image
“I took off petal after petal, as if you were a rose, in order to see your soul, and I didn't see it.” — Juan Ramón Jiménez Copy Share Image
“When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
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“I felt my cheeks turn red, and she laughed out loud. But I didn't mind too much, because the last thing she saw was… — Jessica Verday Copy Share Image
“the delicate fragrance of rose hips lingered on my fingers from tending the garden .” — Meeta Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
“Her lips pursed. My palms went damp. Her fangs were out, as pointed and delicate as little bone daggers. "That’s disappointing, Solange." I was… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Look at her. She does blossom under kindness. Just like a rose, opening her petals.” — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
“A rose, isn't quite as beautiful as it once was, when after its thorn pricks you.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“She blushes like a rose in bloom, though I ripped her up from the roots long ago.” — Stacey Jay Copy Share Image
“She appreciated his protection, of course, but she was not sure if she wanted to be looked at... as if she were fragile. A… — Michelle Zink Copy Share Image
“While still practising law, he'd run a hearse-rental agency. Then, later, he'd bought into a handkerchief factory in Baker Park. Their most famous innovation… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“Vasco bought a bottle of vodka to celebrate and they drank it in the old sailors' graveyard in Mangrove South. This was where the… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“At first he didn't know where he was, whose voice it was. He must have been asleep. And waking suddenly, like that, you woke… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“It was as if Jed had moved from one dimension to another. His original dimension hadn't reported him missing, and his new dimension didn't… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and, leaning on the ledge, looked down at the… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“He was dropped under a streetlamp, the only person left on the bus. A patch of mauled light. Gritty pavement, scarred with a million… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“You must tell me about it when you do,' she said. 'When you make love for the first time, I mean. I want to… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“That's what birthdays were. Days when you found out where you stood. Who was on your side and who wasn't. Nothing to do with… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“Did I tell you about Anton?" Loots said. Anton?" I shook my head. It was a week ago, Loots said. There had been a… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seemed as if he'd always been very old. People said that time lasted for ever when you were young. That was lies.… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“He looked both proud and guilty of something. As if happiness was a reward and he wasn't sure he'd done enough to deserve it.” — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
