“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December” (-Unknown)

You love the roses—so do I. I wish
The sky would rain down roses, as they rain
From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
Then all the valley would be pink and white
And soft to tread on. They would fall as light
As feathers, smelling sweet: and it would be
Like sleeping and yet waking, all at once.

(-George Eliot)

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” (-Unknown)