ROSE QUOTES
quotations about roses
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose.
BETTE MIDLER
"The Rose"
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song.
Every rose has its thorn.
POISON
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn", Open Up and Say ... Ahh
There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy.
LIN YUTANG
preface, Between Tears and Laughter
So what about giving your sweetheart, or yourself, not just a dozen roses that eventually will wilt, but a whole rose bush? What better way to express forever love than a bush that will keep on saying "I love you" year after year after year?
MEG MCCONAHEY
"Best roses to grow in a North Coast climate", The Press Democrat, February 12, 2016
'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions are faded and gone.
THOMAS MOORE
"'Tis the Last Rose of Summer"
Summer of roses! O empress of flowers!
You are all I care to know: you and your many sisters.
FRANCIS JAMMES
"Summer of Roses"
This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
STING
"Desert Rose"
Don't divorce your wife: bring her a dozen roses; the shock will kill her, and you can use the roses for the funeral.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Oh, my Luve is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my Luve is like the melodie,
That's sweetly played in tune.
ROBERT BURNS
"A Red, Red Rose", Posthumous Pieces
Any nose
May ravage with impunity a rose.
ROBERT BROWNING
"Sordello"
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
A Long Fatal Love Chase
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.
H. L. MENCKEN
A Book of Burlesques
Oh, no man knows
Through what wild centuries
Roves back the rose.
WALTER DE LA MARE
All That's Past
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY
The Little Prince
The roses are waking, my love, my love,
Roses with dew-gems gleaming;
Roses sweet-tinted, my love, my love,
In the rosy dawn-light dreaming.
On ev'ry spray
The buds are breaking;
Yes! the sweet roses
Are waking
WILLIAM THOMSON
"Waking", Leddy May and Other Poems
But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.
ANNE BRONTË
"The Narrow Way"
Ramblin' Rose
Why you ramble,
No one knows
Wild and windblown
That's how you've grown
Who can cling to
A Ramblin' rose
BILLY VAUGHN
"Ramblin' Rose"
Everybody loves roses: they are the symbol of virtually everywhere, from England to North Dakota. They are an international icon for innocence, and beauty, and rugby; the knee-jerk favorite of politicians, poets, and other enemies of civilization. Recently, the Democratic Socialists of America have given the rose emoji a boost on social media. Rose prints, meanwhile, seem to be having a moment in the fashion world, and we shouldn't be surprised. Have you ever seen a tattoo of a forsythia? Are any rock stars or famous songs named after hydrangeas? Exactly.
CHARLOTTE MENDELSON
"Let's Ban Roses", The New Yorker, June 21, 2017
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Romeo and Juliet
There were crimson roses on the bench; they looked like splashes of blood.
DOROTHY L. SAYERS
Strong Poison