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Flowery Quotes

Language and style dressed up in full bloom.

These flowery quotes range from literal riverside scenery to opinions on writing style, showing how the word swings between decoration and depth, a balance also found in our Boat quotes.

At school, I was never given a sense that poetry was something flowery or light. It's a complex and controlled way of using language. Rhythms and the music of it are very important. But the difficulty is that poetry makes...

Quotes by Tobias Hill

Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island.

Quotes by Kenneth Grahame

I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?

Quotes by Irvine Welsh

Just Cavalli for Her is a flowery and sexy fragrance. I like its freshness and feminine scent.

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

Ale Quotes

I get really flowery and verbose in my adult books, but I don't think I dumb down my Y.A. It's just cleaner and more snappy. And the adult books have multiple points-of-view. In my Y.A., it's always third person from...

Quotes by Gail Carriger

God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.

Quotes by Frank Knox

I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.

Quotes by Deborah Sampson

We can begin to become more diligent and concerned at home by telling the people we love that we love them. Such expressions do not need to be flowery or lengthy. We simply should sincerely and frequently express love.

Quotes by David A. Bednar

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger...

Quotes by Artur Davis

Beds Quotes

We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering.

Quotes by Artur Davis

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "flowery" mean across these quotes?
It covers both a literal sense, like a flowery riverbank in a classic nature scene, and a figurative one describing ornate or overly decorated writing and fragrance. That double meaning gives the page more variety than a single-definition topic.
Why do people search for flowery quotes?
Writers and students researching style often look for reflections on what makes language feel flowery versus direct, while others are simply drawn to descriptive, poetic phrasing for its own sake.
Do these quotes criticize flowery writing?
One does: a quote pushes back on flowery perfection, arguing that work needs a stronger charge behind it rather than just polish, which adds a critical perspective to the page.
Is flowery used to describe anything besides language?
Yes, one quote applies "flowery" to a fragrance, describing it as flowery and sexy, which shows the word extending beyond writing into how scent and style are described.
What other pages complement this theme?
Our Boat and Broken quotes pages both share the descriptive, scene-setting quality found in flowery quotes.

One quote pushes back against pure flowery perfection, arguing that good work needs an edge behind the polish. Continue with our Ale and Broken quotes for more descriptive language.