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Lilacs Quotes

“Summer, when apple blossoms bloom, roses rise, lilacs lie, dandelions are dandy, and daisies are doozies, a time when flies fly, bugs bug, bees be, swallows swallow, and ducks duck.”

Summer Ducks Bees Flowers Roses Daisies Dandelions Flies Lilacs Swallows

Book:SUS: Short Unpredictable Stories

Source: SUS: Short Unpredictable Stories

“Lilac and star and bird twined with the chant of my soul, There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim.”

Poetry Stars Grief Healing Birds Free Verse Lincoln Lilacs Whitman Pastoral Elegy

Book:Leaves of Grass

Source: Leaves of Grass

“For though I don't believe in ghosts, I am haunted by lilacs. [excerpted from 'Lilacs']”

Nostalgia Insomnia Childhood Memories Lilacs

Book:Traveling Light

Source: Traveling Light

“I have laughed more than most folks and I have cried just as much. I have lived hard at times, not so hard at others, and even let some days plumb get away from me. But who has not done the same? I have give and I have took. I have had a good run. The smell of lilacs, cold spring water in my mouth on a hot summer day, the colors of fall, the sound of falling snow. And what of the greatest of all? What of Love? Oh, I have knowed love. . .”

Love Snow Autumn Reflections On Life Conclusions End Of Life Musings Lilacs Long Lasting Love

Book:My Old True Love

Source: My Old True Love

“Lord Henry went out to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine.”

Book:The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray

“Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn't from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.”

Romance Fear Fantasy Pessimism Panic Scent Medieval Sense Of Smell Peter David Sir Apropos Of Nothing Apropos Lilacs Light Headed

Book:Sir Apropos of Nothing

Source: Sir Apropos of Nothing