Was that a saying that they then made into a song and movie or did the song originate it?
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 7, 2022 3:21 AM |
no - the expression existed before the song.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 3, 2022 6:11 AM |
It’s a book.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 3, 2022 7:46 AM |
Schizophrenia
Split Personality
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 3, 2022 8:01 AM |
The saying came before the book though right? I think the song came before the book.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 3, 2022 8:02 AM |
I love that song. The book was okay. I think I was too young to read it and that's why I can't appreciate it much.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 3, 2022 8:04 AM |
The novel was one reason I became a mental health nurse.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 3, 2022 8:21 AM |
maybe the expression was a variation of bed of roses which was first found in Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd To His Love published in 1599.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 3, 2022 8:36 AM |
R3 Schizophrenia is not “split personality” … (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 3, 2022 6:08 PM |
That was my grandma's favorite country song.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 6, 2022 6:49 PM |
Roses are a lot of work. Hilling for winter, black spot in the growing season. Some promise.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 6, 2022 7:04 PM |
Eve said it to Adam after she took a bite of the apple.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 6, 2022 7:04 PM |
It's in the Bible.
In many, many places.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 6, 2022 7:10 PM |
k.d. lang has a terrific cover of this song from her early recording career.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 6, 2022 7:13 PM |
[quote] The novel was one reason I became a mental health nurse.
The song was one reason I became a mental health patient.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 6, 2022 7:31 PM |
Watch what you promise! Global warming may reduce the number of rose gardens!
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 6, 2022 8:10 PM |
The movie was OK too. Good role Kathleen Quinlan did well in.
I often tell myself, "No one promised me a rose garden, which is good because that ain't what I've got."
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 6, 2022 8:24 PM |
[quote]The book was okay. I think I was too young to read it and that's why I can't appreciate it much.
R5 Me, too. I was 15 when I read it. I should try it again. Never saw the movie but remember the song.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 6, 2022 11:05 PM |
Who is the person making the statement? Who is the "I" -- a parent? a friend?
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 6, 2022 11:06 PM |
Thank you, R16, I haven't laughed so hard in months.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 6, 2022 11:10 PM |
That makes me feel GREAT, r21. It really does. You’ve now made my day.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 6, 2022 11:52 PM |
The film is quite good even if the portrayals of the mental patients are over the top and or campy particularly Susan Tyrell and Martine Bartlett. Quinlan is excellent. I never read the book.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 7, 2022 12:03 AM |
[quote] It's in the Bible. In many, many places.
Link to one?
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 7, 2022 12:30 AM |
R24 I agree. Bible? Please post!
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 7, 2022 2:40 AM |
I never promised you a rose garden! Saturday, 24th week in ordinary time – Luke 8:4-15
sounds more like something Eve would have said to Adam
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 7, 2022 3:21 AM |