Where is this quote from?

-"True love is not without pain, like that of thorns in your side. Yet love is like the rose in full bloom, beautiful and full of life."



I saw it on the internet and I am curious who the original person who said it was.

I'd also like to know what context it was in... For example, a play, song, book, speech, etc.Mark Whitmore Evans is the closest I can come to an accurate citation.
Mark Evans said it and I'm pretty sure it was in a poem.