One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without the thorn.
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
The Arab League tells us to go in and take out Qaddafi. We've spent billions of dollars already with respect to the Arab League. Billions of dollars, because they told us to do it. Why aren't they paying for it? They don't like Qaddafi, Qaddafi's been a terrible thorn in their side.
Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever.
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.