Jasmine

Quotes

• “Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.”
• “The bud may have a bitter taste,But sweet will be the flower.”
• “Not a flowerBut shows some touch, in freckle, streak or stain,Of his unrivall'd pencil.”
• “How cruel of you. What part of what you see here is carefree? If only you could understand the sadness of the ones who grow the delicate flowers of buffoonery, protecting them from but the slightest gust of wind and always on the verge of despair!”
• “But the flower leaned aside And thought of naught to say, And morning found the breeze A hundred miles away.”
• “There grew a little flower'Neath a great oak tree:When the tempest 'gan to lowerLittle heeded she:No need had she to cower,For she dreaded not its power –She was happy in the bowerOf her great oak tree!Of her great oak tree!Sing hey, Lackaday!Sing hey, Lackaday!Let the tears fall freeFor the pretty little flowerAnd the great oak tree!”

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