Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
But not as sweet as you
- Thom Bodebt
The gardens that make us happiest flourish because we have taken the time to make sure they feed our souls and fill a special place in our lives.
Sometimes you have to think about what you really want from your garden, once the beds are laid out and the rose bushes planted.
- Lindley Karstens
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns.
I am thankful that thorns have roses.
- Alphonse Karr
A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.
- William Carlos Williams