There will always be rough days and easy ones. Like a ship, we must sail through both.

— Nabil N. Jamal

Life is so full of rough edges - small tasks and expectations that scratch you bloody and remind you that you're naked and alone.

— Alexis Hall

Under the rough and ridiculous circumstances of life in the Rocky Mountains there was something exciting and vital, full of rude poetry: the heartbeat of the West as it fought its way upward toward civilization.

— Wallace Stegner

Poems are soft kitten furs. Smoothing out the rough edges of my world.

— Sanober Khan

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.

— Criss Jami

Sure it could get rough sometimes, but life wasn't a Hollywood movie. Shit happened. You fought, you screamed, and somehow you worked like hell to get out the other side still intact.

— Samantha Young

An exceptional Sensei has traits such as patience and integrity. Otherwise, natural fighting ability, cruelty and aggressive behavior may be observed in most animal predators.

— Soke Behzad Ahmadi

With callused handsi tastedthe softness of the moonin the coldest windsi discoveredmy soul's warmest fireplacein the roughnessof his stubblethe tenderest love.

— Sanober Khan

The right path is characterised by rough road.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Rough love. Hard, edgy love. Love that made you bleed. Love hard to find, the kind of love you fought to keep.

— Jae T. Jaggart