In the cherry blossom's shade
there's no such thing
as a stranger.
- Issa
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare,
And left the flushed print in a poppy there.
- Francis Thompson
flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words.
They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of their character,
though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.
- Lydia M. Child
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses
- Ovid