Notable & Quotable: Not-so-secret Admirer

When love came first to Earth,

the Spring spread rose-beds to receive him.

– Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (1777-1844)

Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature by which she indicates how much she loves us.

– Johann Von Goerthe, German poet (1749-1832)

A flower is the most eligible object in the world.

– Unknown

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

– Beverly Nichols, English writer

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

– Victor Hugo, French novelist

It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.

– William Carlos Williams, American poet

Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.

– Chinese Proverb

True friendship is like a rose: we don’t realize its beauty until it fades.

– Evelyn Loeb

Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.

-Japanese Proverbs

When words escape, flowers speak.

– Bruce W. Currie

The first flower that blossomed on this earth was an invitation to an unborn song.

– Rabindanath Tagore, Hindu poet

My love is like a red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June.

– Robert Burns, Scottish poet

Flowers are works of art created by Nature for our pleasure.

– Customer