With daffodils mad footnotes for the spring,
And asters purple asterisks for autumn
- Conrad Aiken
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns.
I am thankful that thorns have roses.
- Alphonse Karr
Are we, finally, speaking of nature or culture when we speak of a rose (nature), that has been bred (culture) so that its blossoms (nature) make men imagine (culture) the sex of women (nature)?
It may be this sort of confusion that we need more of.
- Michael Pollan
flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
- Antonio Porchia