"It's always for everybody the time of roses! The rose is the heart of the world like the heart is the—heart of the—body!"
— Alvaro, The Rose Tattoo
"I hope you are partial to roses as I am."
— Jack, handing Serafina a bouquet of them in The Rose Tattoo
Pola Ivanova: James, that night in London, when I was with the Bolshoi...
James Bond: Ahh, what a performance...
Pola Ivanova: In my dressing room later, did you know I was a KGB agent with orders to seduce you?
James Bond: Why do you think I sent you three dozen red roses?
I will not have the mad Clytie,
Whose head is turn’d by the sun;
The tulip is a courtly quean,
Whom therefore I will shun;
The cowslip is a country wench,
The violet is a nun;
But I will woo the dainty rose,
The queen of every one.
Whose head is turn’d by the sun;
The tulip is a courtly quean,
Whom therefore I will shun;
The cowslip is a country wench,
The violet is a nun;
But I will woo the dainty rose,
The queen of every one.
— Thomas Hood, "Flowers"
"The rose perfectly embodies the blend of elegance and power that I seek to possess."
— Lorenz, Fire Emblem: Three Houses
