flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
- John Ruskin
None can have a healthy love for flowers unless he loves the wild ones.
- Forbes Watson
The red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love,
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
- John Boyle O’Reilly
Red rose, proud rose, sad rose of all my days!
Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways.
- William Butler Yeats