“All around the castle, a briary hedge began to grow, with thorns as sharp as barbs.”
“Rose is in red, But never in blue, Sharp as a thorn, Fights like one too.”
“It seemed off that anyone could live behind such a high hedge of thorns, and he began to think it would be no great surprize to discover that Mr. Wyvern had been asleep for a hundred years or so. 'Well, I shall not mind that so much,' he thought, 'so long as I am not expected to kiss him.”
“The words that I will have to find for that explanation will be sharp and they will hurt, much worse than the thorns of roses.”
“And you, Bloss, may shove it ... sideways ... with barbed wire wrapped around it.”
“Police officers put up barbed wire around their hearts to protect them.”