The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
- Basho
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
- Emma Goldman
The world is a rose, smell it and pass it to your friends.
- Persian Proverb
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers,
so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.
Bricks to all greenhouses!
Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
- Edward Abbey