“Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.” FeelingsAgeInterestYouthGayRoseCommandMelancholyWitheredGarlandsRed Rose Book:Summaries of Thought Source: Summaries of Thought
“Childhood is the world of miracle or of magic: it is as if creation rose luminously out of the night, all new and fresh and astonishing. Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing. When the world gives you a feeling of "déjà vu," when you are used to existence, you become an adult.” IfsWorldInspirationalGivingChildrenMomentsFeelingsUsedNightExistenceMagicChildhoodCreationAdultsMiracleRoseAstonishingMagic Of Childhood Author:Eugene Ionesco
“A history of listening to Top 40 radio had left me with a ridiculous and clichéd notion of love. I had never entertained the feeling myself but knew that it meant never having to say you're sorry. It was a many-splendored thing. Love was a rose and a hammer. Both blind and all-seeing, it made the world go round.” WorldLoveMadeFeelingsLeftSeeingListeningBlindRoseNotionSorryRoundsRadioRidiculousHammers Author:David Sedaris
“Public feeling now is apt to side with the persecuted, and our modern martyr is full as likely to be smothered with roses as with coals.” FeelingsSidesModernRoseSympathyCoalMartyrPersecuted Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin