Extracted from infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, published by Free Press. Life On The Run Ayaan Hirsi Ali October 5, 2008. From inside the apartment, he could hear people calling him an infidel and debating whether to kill him on the spot.
Gertrude Stein, 1935. The sentence Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily, which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays. In that poem, the first Rose is the name of a person. Stein later used variations on the sentence in other writings, and A rose is a rose is a rose is among her most famous quotations, often interpreted as meaning things are what they are, a statement of the law of identity, A is A.
The Rose as a Symbol in Poetry, Literature, Music and Art compiled by Michael R. Burch The rose is a popular symbol of love, beauty and virtue in poetry, literature, music and art. The rose appears as a recurring symbol in the greatest love poems in the English language. But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. âAnne BrontÃ«