#thorns

Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#life-and-living #life-lessons #living #people #petals

He picked up one of Lorna's roses and set it in my lap. "Here." I picked it up and smelled it. He poked me in the shoulder. "See what I mean? Thorns don't stop you from sniffing. Or putting them in a vase on the kitchen table. You work around them.... Cause the rose is worth it... Think what you'd miss. ↗

— Charles Martin

#thorns #tough-life #tough-times #worth #life

We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars. ↗

— Mark Lawrence

#clothes #die #empire #king #little

You must not lose faith, child. No matter what. Do not doubt God or his choosing of you. He knows infinitely more than we can imagine. ↗

— Rae Carson

#elisa #rae-carson #the-girl-of-fire-and-thorns #faith

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#forward #go #life #march #move

The motto was "Pax," but the word was set in a circle of thorns. ↗

— Rumer Godden

#motto #set #thorns #word

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears. ↗

— Isaac Hayes

#bears #enjoy #fragrance #must #rose

This is not the way these tales end," Calliope said firmly. "This is not the way that things end when they get to be tales," Amatus said, "but since ours is not yet told, we cannot count on it. There were a hundred dead princes on the thorns outside Sleeping Beauty's castle, and I'm sure many of them were splendid fellows. ↗

— John Barnes

#calliope #dead-princes #sleeping-beauty #stories #tales

You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#fair #not fair #only #people #petals

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

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#daughters #lily #love #thorns