Lilacs Quotes

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

“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.”
― Oscar Wilde, 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.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“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.”
― GLEN NESBITT, SUS: Short Unpredictable Stories

“For though I don't believe
in ghosts, I am haunted
by lilacs.
[excerpted from 'Lilacs']”
― Linda Pastan, 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. . .”
― Sheila Kay Adams, My Old True Love

“I brought the tiny purple flowers to my nose to smell. Their scent was soft and sweet, like jasmine and almonds combined. Lilacs were the language of old love. Syringa vulgaris, funnily enough.”
― Ashley Poston, The Someday Garden