The Nightingale and the Rose: Quotes

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• "Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?"

  The Nightingale · Read in context

• "you must build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with your own heart's-blood"

  The Rose-tree · Read in context

• "In fact, she is like most artists; she is all style, without any sincerity."

  The Student · Read in context

• "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers"

  The Professor's daughter · Read in context

• "What a silly thing Love is"

  The Student · Read in context