Forsythia is pure joy.
There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia.
Pure, undiluted, untouched joy.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The nature of This flower is to bloom.
- Alice Walker
This old world that we're livin' in is might hard to beat.
You get a thorn with every rose But - ain't the roses sweet?
- Frank Stanton
The flower is the poetry of reproduction.
It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
- Jean Giraudoux