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.
Black roses have been used in many book titles, most often romance novels. 1  Black Rose is a romance novel by prolific author Nora Roberts. 2  Black Rose is a biographical account of Madame C. J. Walker- the first female African American millionaire by author Tananarive Due. 3  Black Rose is a romance novel by Christina Skye. Black Rose is a suspense novel by Holly Poage. The Black Rose is a 1945 historical adventure novel by Thomas B. Costain made into a film in 1950 with Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. Scandal of the Black Rose is a romance novel by Debra Mullins.