“A sheep–if it eats little bushes, does it eat flowers, too?”
“A sheep,” I answered, “eats anything it finds in its reach.”
“Even flowers that have thorns?”
“Yes, even flowers that have thorns.”
“Then the thorns–what use are they?”
(The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Just a little quote from one of my favourite books (even if it is dreadfully un-PC!) Xxx