Red Rose Quotes

“I’m talking about the language of flowers. It’s from the Victorian era, like your name. If a man gave a young lady a bouquet of flowers, she would race home and try to decode it like a secret message. Red roses mean love; yellow roses infidelity. So a man would have to choose his flowers carefully.”
― Vanessa Diffenbaugh, The Language of Flowers

“The echo of a red rose

at the sunset, you decided

to check out.”
― Santosh Kalwar

“Oh Mother, Mother make my bed
Make it soft and narrow
My William died for love of me,
And I shall die of sorrow

They buried her in the old churchyard.
Sweet William's grave was nigh hers
And from his grave grew a red, red rose
And from her grave a brier.

They grew and grew up the old church spire
Until they could grow no higher
And there they twined, in a true love knot,
The red, red rose and the brier.”
― Cassandra Clare

“In the seventeenth century, Turkish concubines devised a secret method of communication with flowers by attaching a meaning to each blossom or plant. The fascination swept Europe and reached its zenith of popularity in Victorian England. In the language of flowers, the red rose symbolizes love, while the calla lily signifies a magnificent beauty. Together, a stunning marriage to the perfumer. - DB”
― Jan Moran, Scent of Triumph

“Resting on the steps just before the mirror was the last page of the duet. I knelt to retrieve it and discovered that hidden beneath was a colored illustration ripped from the pages of a book.
It was a rose.
A very red rose.
“The Rosa Joséphine,” I whispered, instantly recognizing its unique shade.”
― Erin A. Craig, Our Strange Duet