If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.
- John Lancaster Spalding
At dawn I asked the lotus,
'What is the meaning of life?'
Slowly she opened her hand
with nothing in it.
- Debra Woolard Bender
Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion
- Thom Bodebt
True friendship is like a rose: we don't realize its beauty until it fades.
- Evelyn Loeb