Susan Marshall

“Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through merry flowers of June,
Over grass and under stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

“Her smile alone could light up the darkest of souls
The scent of a harvest of roses
Skin as soft as silk clothes
Energy explosive”
― Andrew Edward Lucier, Awakenigma Allegory Anomalous

“On either side the wild roses, their pink dewy faces turned to the sun, tumbled over the fences, sprawled on the ground and filled the air with their pure summery smell.”
― Betty MacDonald, Nancy and Plum

“I looked at you and only saw beautiful because legendary is the ability of a woman’s mind to weave fields of roses from thorns.”
― J. Autherine, Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Poems and Inspiration to Live and Love Harmoniously