#horns

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#daughters #lily #love #thorns

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#constant #dilemmas #horns #life #life is a

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. ↗

— Hugh Miller

#opportunities #problems #them #thorns

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses. ↗

— Francis Quarles

#roses #sleeps #thorns

Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, it's a challenge - but if you're not taking the bull by the horns, I have no patience for you. You're just taking up space. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#bull #challenge #everyone #gift #given

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#came #couple #couple times #gave #i

The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream. ↗

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

#does #dream #profession #reader #thorns

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#flower #need #numerous #single #thorns

He studies me thoughtfully. "You are a beautiful queen, Elisa," he says voice pitched low. I never expected he would say such a thing. "A month or two of pastries will fix that," I say. Then I smile to show him I mean it flippantly. His expression does not change. "Even then. ↗

— Rae Carson

#beauty

Why are roses kept for their blossoms rather than shunned for their thorns? ↗

— J. Aleksandr Wootton

#blossom #philosophy-of-beauty #price-of-beauty #roses #thorns