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14 Valentine's Day Quotes About Roses

by Chelsey Grasso

Roses are red, violets are blue, I've rounded up 14 Valentine's Day quotes about roses, how lucky are you? That's right, with Valentine's Day right around the corner, it's time to start busting out the rhymes... and the roses. Nothing says "I love you" quite like a bouquet of red roses does, and as cliché as the gesture may be, it can still be full of sentiment.

Chocolates, candies, stuffed animals, and the list goes on and on when it comes to Valentine's Day gifts. However, while chocolates and candies will quickly get eaten and stuffed animals eventually thrown away, your special someone will remember a bouquet of roses long past the week they spend in a vase. Obviously, nothing physical lasts forever, but the memory sure does. I know that I can't tell you every time I've eaten a bar of chocolate, but I can tell you how many times I've put a vase full of roses on my kitchen table, coffee table, or desk. Like I said, the memory sticks with you.

Roses represent a multitude of things, and romance is one of the key representations. If you need any further delight while your sniffing your Valentine's Day roses or if you need any further inspiration when deciding what to get your Valentine this February 14th, then make sure you read through each and every one of these 14 quotes.

1. "I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." — Emma Goldman

2. "Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared." — Tupac Amaru Shakur

3. "The rose that lives its little hourIs prized beyond the sculptured flower." — William C. Bryant

4. "I’ll fly you on a cloud of rose petals just to let you feel how soft your love makes me feel." — Pankhania

5. "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. — Abraham Lincoln

6. "Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time." — Edmund Spenser

7. "Every rose that is sweet-scented within, That rose is telling of the secrets of the Universal." — Rumi

8. "Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose." — Bette Midler

9. "God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December." — J. M. Barrie

10. "Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense." — Mark Overby

11. "Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal." — Olivier Theyskens

12. "The rose is fairest when ’tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears." — Sir Walter Scott

13. "But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose." — Anne Bronte

14. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." — William Shakespeare