The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.
- Gertrude S. Wister
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
In the cherry blossom's shade
there's no such thing
as a stranger.
- Issa
Every rose has its thorn: You never find a woman without pins and needles.
- Douglas Jerrold