Roses....

“A vampire is like a Rose. They are beautiful, yet harmful.” 

― Sweet Tart Smile Child  ( What a GREAT quote. Just so weird and wonderful....) 
 “But he who dares not grasp the thorn 
Should never crave the rose.” 
― Anne Brontë
 "The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth".― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

 “If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?” 
― Kamand Kojouri
 “Every summer, like the roses, childhood returns.” 
― Marty Rubin

 “Real life isn't purely filled with roses and rainbows.” 
― Ken Poirot

 “Every new day
Our children's joy is as fresh as roses,
Even the birds chatter at dawn.” 
― Scott Hastie

 “And the shower of roses spun around me, inviting me to take part in their ever-present waltz.” 
― Gina Marinello-Sweeney, The Rose and the Sword

 “The rose," he announced. "Loveliest and most formidable of flowers. Arms of York and Lancaster. In medieval times, a symbol of Jesus. Always, it has meant, beauty, love, peace ..."― R.A. MacAvoy

“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” 
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib
2017