It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
Interpretation
The effort and time invested in something gives it value and significance.
This quote suggests that the time and care you dedicate to nurturing relationships or passions—symbolized here by a rose—are what ultimately make those things precious and meaningful. It emphasizes the importance of commitment and devotion in cultivating true value in life.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of loving relationships, this quote could be used to emphasize dedication.
Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? " Instead they demand "How old is he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make? " Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
Attitude is a paintbrush. It colors everything!
Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.
In those days, I didn't understand anything. I should have judged her according to her actions, not her words. She perfumed my planet and lit up my life. I should never have run away! I ought to have realized the tenderness underlying her silly pretensions. Flowers are so contadictory! But I was too young to know how to love her.
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never.
Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself.
What we need to do is understand that we have to love each other, that we have to see each other have worth and dignity and value.
If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.
Everyone sleeps, except lovers, who stay awake, telling stories to God
From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.
He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes and bags and he wonders what memories she is rediscovering, what thoughts are catching in her mouth like the dust blown from unused textbooks. He wonders if she has buried any traces of herself under her floorboards. He wonders what those traces would be if she had. And he wonders again why he thinks about her so much when he knows so little to think about.
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