(11 quotes found)
“we wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun, well, we are the roses, this is the concrete and these are my damaged petals, dont ask me why, thank god, and ask me how”
Tupac Shakur
“You must be a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“It's like if you plant something in the concrete and if it grow and the rose petal got all kinda scratches and marks, you ain't gonna say "damn, look at all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from the concrete.." you gonna be like "DAMN! a ROSE grew from the CONCRETE?"”
“The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when thatcomes, the petal falls.”
Kabir
“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”
Don Marquis
“Like a falling petal, a singer must be as beautiful & perfect until the very moment they fall”
Marie Muhammad
“We've had players from Sumrall, Oak Grove, North Forrest and Petal. We've had them from all around here. I think they enjoy coming up here and the fans enjoy it, too.”
Richard Mathis
““Eyes closed, lost in a rose, my nose finds nirvana. Deep in this silky petaled nest it is no longer a thing on my face. It is the center of the universe.””
Rain Bojangles
“It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.”
William Carlos Williams
“You know, the edge of black lying on pale pink, or a petal pink pump with a black jagged outline, or something like that, ... so there's a graphic, you know -- the sort of shock against pink or black against color.”
Marc Jacobs
