Top 25 Lilies Quotes of 72

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.

Rose, Lilies, It Is What It Is

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1970). “Think on these things”, HarperCollins Publishers

It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.

Claude Monet

Thinking, Water Lily, Lilies

Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.

William Shakespeare

Weed, Smell, Lilies

Sonnet 94

Adrian stood there leaning against the doorframe, watching me with his heart in his eyes. In my chest, my own heart was breaking. On my cheek, the lily reminded me who I was.

Richelle Mead

Heart, Eye, Lilies

Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.324, Penguin

I was on a show called '12 Miles of Bad Road' with Lily Tomlin - it was an incredible HBO show. We shot 6 episodes, previewed it before the finale of 'The Sopranos;' it was written up as a 'Great New Show on HBO,' and then the whole thing was canned. Gone. Disappeared. That's when I realized anything can happen in this business.

Eliza Coupe

Hbo, Gone, Lilies

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Your lips are like sugar And your cheeks an apple Your breasts are paradise And your body a lily. O, to kiss the sugar To bite the apple To reveal paradise And open the lily.

Louis de Bernieres

Kissing, Apples, Lilies

We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad.

Tori Amos

Pads, Lilies, Fairy

The calla lilies are in bloom again.

Katharine Hepburn

Lilies, Callas

Katharine Hepburn (1992). “Me: Stories of My Life”, Random House Large Print Publishing

Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white.

Christina Rossetti

White, Lilies

Christina Rossetti (2014). “Rossetti: Poems”, p.124, Everyman's Library

'O Tiger-lily,' said Alice... 'I wish you could talk!' 'We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 'when there's anybody worth talking to."

Lewis Carroll

Talking, Wish, Lilies

Lewis Carroll (2010). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, Cosimo, Inc.

Mary is the lily in God's garden.

Bridget of Sweden

Garden, Lilies, Mary

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Daughter, Honesty, Lilies

Your name is written on my heart, Lily

Nalini Singh

Heart, Names, Lilies

Nalini Singh (2011). “Lord of the Abyss and Desert Warrior: Lord of the Abyss\Desert Warrior”, p.267, Harlequin

In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Beautiful, Water Lily, Lilies

There is no evolving, only unfolding. The lily is in the bit of dust which is its beginning, lily and nothing but lily: and the lily in blossom is a ne plus ultra: there is no evolving beyond.

D. H. Lawrence

Dust, Lilies, Evolution

D. H. Lawrence (2007). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence: October 1916-June 1921”, p.139, Cambridge University Press

God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Lilies, Rich, Poor

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.146

Madame Lily Devalier always asked "Where are you?" in a way that insinuated that there were only two places on earth one could be: New Orleans and somewhere ridiculous.

Tom Robbins

New Orleans, Two, Lilies

Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.141, Bantam