Scottish Thistle Quotes

Allie had an escape to bring off, a despotic brother to thwart, and an Italian blackmailer to disappoint. Engaging in getting-to-know-you banter with a famous Scottish poet was not on her list of tasks.

I have no doubt that you're as Scottish as... as a leprechaun playing bagpipes while riding a unicorn thought a field of thistle." Keir looked up long enough to tell her dourly, "Leprechauns are Irish.

You are still my English rose," he said, laying their clothing over a chairback. "While I remain your Scottish thistle." -Laura Frantz, the Rose and the Thistle 2023

With a nod to the tartan and heather's grace, Mabon's light shines on this ancient place. A gift of bonnie Scotland's heart we share, with thistles wild and spirit rare. Between the Highlands and Lowlands, here I stand, and honor the bounty of this sacred land. Caledonia, true and bold, bagpipes lilting, our stories are told. As of the time of Scotland's lore, I celebrate as in days of yore. Mabon's blessings, strong and free, in my garden, so mote it be.

Visitors entering the auditorium will notice a rainbow in the centre of the eastern gable, between two arches. This arcs above a portrait of Gray's Bella Baxter from his novel Poor Things (Gray 1992), here renamed Bella Caledonia, a Scottish heroine depicyed with tartan draped over her arm, holding a thistle. The words 'LET US FLOURISH BY TELLING THE TRUTH' accompany her. But that textual message, adapted from 'Let Glasgow Flourish', the motto on Glasgow's coat of arms, is one of multiple instructions.