Shakespeare Thorns Quotes & Sayings

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist. — Ashley Judd

The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odour which doth in it live. — William Shakespeare

She was fifteen and had access to the Internet; she already knew that the world is a cruel place if you're a girl. Her parents couldn't imagine that this could happen, but Maya simply hadn't expected it to happen to her. — Fredrik Backman

Most of us made a rather extensive study of heterosexuality before leaving it behind. -Pat Califia — Carol Queen

Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud. — William Shakespeare

If we start electing presidents on the basis of their sexual purity, some real monsters will get into the White House. — Hunter S. Thompson

The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair: The roses fearfully on thorns did stand, One blushing shame, another white despair; A third, nor red nor white, had stol'n of both And to his robbery had annex'd thy breath; But, for his theft, in pride of all his growth A vengeful canker eat him up to death. More flowers I noted, yet I none could see But sweet or colour it had stol'n from thee. — William Shakespeare

In our most vulnerable hour, it is helpful to remember our creative power. — Atalina Wright