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Rose Quotes - Page 20

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.656, Library of America

Happiness and work rose up together with the sun, radiant like it.

Paul Gauguin (1974). “Noa Noa: Voyage to Tahiti. [Translated from the Original MS. by Jonathan Griffin. Postscript by Jean Lize].”, p.39, Library of Alexandria

Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

"And Now, Four Glasses of Wine with Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. September 14, 2012.

Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!

Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald, Christopher Decker (1997). “Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition”, p.222, University of Virginia Press

I have amethyst geodes by my meditation - yoga room and large rose quartz throughout my back garden.

"Love Letters: Miranda Tells All". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 24, 2016.

Every day is great for me. I dislike rose-coloured glasses.

Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.

This is the blood's wild tree that grows the intricate and folded rose

Judith Wright, Jack Philip McKinney, Meredith McKinney (2004). “The Equal Heart and Mind: Letters Between Judith Wright and Jack McKinney”, p.109, Univ. of Queensland Press

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.

John Hay (1916). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Hay: Including Many Poems Now First Collected”

Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks.

Jill Shalvis (2010). “Simply Irresistible”, p.170, Hachette UK

The daisy is fair, the day-lily rare, The bud o' the rose as sweet as it's bonnie.

James Hogg (1866). “The works of the Ettrick shepherd”, p.430

...the sun rose each morning to stare into my face with the blank but touching gaze of a lovely retarded child.

James Crumley (2016). “The Last Good Kiss”, p.184, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

I am a metrosexual and into male grooming - I moisturise, I exfoliate.

"What I see in the mirror" by Gary Kemp, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.