Lilac Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old lilac quotes, lilac sayings, and lilac proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Like roses, one of the most beloved flowering shrubs, lilacs have a renaissance. Vincent Simeone
The spring is fresh and fearless And every leaf is new, The world is brimmed with moonlight, The lilac brimmed with dew. Here in the moving shadows I catch my breath and sing - My heart is fresh and fearless And over-brimmed with spring. Sara Teasdale
The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, and the petals fall on the orchard wall. Sara Teasdale
The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all. E. Nesbit
Lilacs are ordinarily conceived as being either purple or white. Cengage Learning
One of the loveliest amongst flowering shrubs , which we profusely grow , is the Lilac Alfred Smee
There's something about these obscure vignettes of former lives that's very powerful. Our woods are full of old cellar holes, tumbled-down chimneys, ancient scraggly lilacs absurdly tall still stretching toward the light. Leslie Land
The feminine comes to us in nature. G outside. Look at the amazing waves of green, of lilacs, of blue mountains. We are in the presence of the manifestation right here. And She's reaching for you. Stepeh Cope
And from then on whenever he smells lilacs hell think about this moment. How the bees were circling above him, how purple the ink on the leaflets he's been distributing suddenly seemed, how he realized, all at once, just how beautiful a woman can be. Alice Hoffman
The lilac branches are bowed under the weight of the flowers: blooming is hard, and the most important thing is - to bloom. Yevgeny Zamyatin