Playing on a word: Rose

“The wilderness shall be glad; and the desert shall blossom as the rose.”
-Isaiah 35:1
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“A rose by any other word would smell as sweet.”
-Juliet from Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”
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“Do I have to fall asleep with roses in my hand?”
-John Mayer
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“Everytime I held a rose, it seems I only felt the thorns.”
-Billy Joel
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Rose