Audience,
Think of a rose, any colour. Now, let's work with that mental image of yours.
Stereotypically:
Women: "Awwww... That's so pretty! He really cares."
Men: "Shit, that little thing costs a ton of money! She better be worth it."
It's the same concept: a rose. Most of the people that I know would say that a rose/bouquet of roses is/are pretty.
I tend to remember the thorns a little more than most, however. Heck, thorns are popular. "A thorn in my side," or Poison's song "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."
Personally, I find some solace in the fact that, to some extent or another, beauty hurts. Now, I have no great metaphysical meaning beyond that, but I thought that at least someone out there might enjoy hearing that lesson of mine.
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