Vase Quotes

“A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Like freshly cut roses,
I place life in a vase...
of love.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Some broken vases can still hold beautiful flowers”
― Munia Khan

“I shall be forever grateful to you for breaking whatever unfortunate object you did in order to rescue me.”

“Something had to be done, she said, “and it was a very ugly vase.”
― Tasha Alexander, And Only to Deceive

“This is terrific. What a gorgeous kitchen. You’ve decorated it so beautifully. Now you’re going to have to clear all the counters. Vases. Books. Knickknacks. Get rid of all that stuff. I mean, it is just beautiful. Beautiful. I love what you’ve done with this house. Make sure you put it all away.” ~Real estate agent (p.76)”
― Dominique Browning, Slow Love: How I Lost My Job, Put on My Pajamas, and Found Happiness

“Even artificial flowers have a vase. Life is Beautiful. (Même les fleurs artificielles Ont un vase. La vie est belle.)”
― Charles de Leusse

“I was a vase.
The thought struck her as she gazed at the wall of them. She had been a vessel; it was true. She'd stepped into this shop, introduced herself, asked for a job, hoped it would fill her.
And then, sitting with Jacob at the community table, she'd been a flower. Snipped from the root, quick to wilt, temporary. She'd existed to be lovely and to be chosen. No one had expected her to last.
But she hadn't been a flower when she'd gone to live with Claire, had she?
Emilie traveled deeper into the shop. She was in the addition now, its ceiling higher, its rows of tables laden with houseplants. Water, she decided. That's what she'd been with Claire. Shapeless, colorless, but necessary. She'd done what she had to. She had been there for her grandmother. She'd kept her family afloat.
But what was she now?”
― Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena

“[...] My pockets had always puzzled Weena, but at the last she had concluded that they were an eccentric kind of vase for floral decoration. [...]”
― H. G. Wells, The Time Machine

“Many different flowers make a beautiful vase.”
― Bert McCoy, A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life