Lilacs Quotes

“Lilac and star and bird twined with the chant of my soul,
There in the fragrant pines and the cedars dusk and dim.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Lord Henry went out to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn't from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.”
― Peter David, Sir Apropos of Nothing

“Summer, when apple blossoms bloom, roses rise, lilacs lie, dandelions are dandy, and daisies are doozies, a time when flies fly, bugs bug, bees be, swallows swallow, and ducks duck.”
― GLEN NESBITT, SUS: Short Unpredictable Stories

“For though I don't believe
in ghosts, I am haunted
by lilacs.
[excerpted from 'Lilacs']”
― Linda Pastan, Traveling Light

“I have laughed more than most folks and I have cried just as much. I have lived hard at times, not so hard at others, and even let some days plumb get away from me. But who has not done the same? I have give and I have took. I have had a good run.
The smell of lilacs, cold spring water in my mouth on a hot summer day, the colors of fall, the sound of falling snow.
And what of the greatest of all? What of Love? Oh, I have knowed love. . .”
― Sheila Kay Adams, My Old True Love