(71 quotes found)
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
Anais Nin
“Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.”
D.H. Lawrence
“A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.”
Chinese Proverbs
“Merrily, merrily shall I live now,Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.”
William Shakespeare
“Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn.”
William Arthur Ward
“The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when thatcomes, the petal falls.”
Kabir
“Thou blossom bright with autumn dew,And colored with the heaven's own blue. . . .”
William Cullen Bryant
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: / Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers. / I sing of maypoles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes, / Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.”
Robert Herrick
“They would eat its blossoms and stalks in the spring, ... And use its fiber to make rabbit nets, sandals and mats.”
Homer
