Age Quote by William Shakespeare

“Here's flowers for you; hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold.”

— William Shakespeare

I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this, O, that's for lover's thoughts.

— George Chapman

Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I have loved flowers that fade,Within whose magic tentsRich hues have marriage madeWith sweet unmemoried scents:A honeymoon delight,A joy of love at sight,That ages…

— Robert Bridges

“Working on the native-herb garden in the front corner of the yard. Already thriving: thyme, hyssop, spearmint, lemon balm, fennel, chamomile, marjoram. Must add:…

— Neal Stephenson

Flowers so strictly belong to youth, that we adult men soon come to feel, that their beautiful generations concern not us: we havehad our…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for…

— Lydia M. Child

“Mahogany shelves lined the counters, stacked with glass bottles and jars, like something from a fairy tale. There were whole, plump roses steeping in…

— Laura Madeleine

Flowers are the bright remembrances of youth; they waft us back, with their bland odorous breath, the joyous hours that only young life knows,…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Now let us gather into one bouquet, from the King's garden, these seven fragrant flowers: Jesus the Son of God; Jesus our sin-bearer; Jesus…

— Theodore L. Cuyler

The honeysuckle was everywhere the day the letter arrived, like heat. Wild roses bloomed in hedges of tendrils and perfume. There were fat bees,…

— Cathleen Schine

There is to me a daintiness about early flowers that touches me like poetry. They blow out with such a simple loveliness among the…

— Nathaniel Parker Willis