“Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks.”
“The monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses.”
“Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!”
“Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses”
“Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.Mercutio: If love be rough with you, be rough with love;Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.”
“You have a very prickly exterior that needs to be navigated very carefully. Kind of like a really sexy cactus.”