Quotes About Pearls

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.

For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.

Held captive beneath the translucent skin, the seven colours of the rainbow flickered with some secret fire of their own all over the surface of each precious sphere. Chéri recognized the pearl with a dimple, the slightly egg-shaped pearl, and the biggest pearl of the string, distinguishable by its unique pink. 'These pearls, these at least, are unchanged! They and I remain unchanged.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls

What about my Girls Gone Mild life leads you to believe I'm a body shot shy of debauchery? Is it the pearls?

swathed in an old tweed coat on which the damp had settled like a thousand tiny pearls.

We don't speak at night anymore, but she's left me her legacy nonetheless--a love for the sea and the smoothness of pearls, an appreciation of music and words, sympathy for the underdog, and a disregard for boundaries.

had always admired her tremendously but now, quite suddenly, I saw her in a different light: small and pathetic and lonely. She had chosen loneliness because she hated 'getting involved emotionally'. She was afraid of getting hurt. Freedom was what she wanted but it seemed to me a poor substitute for affection. I thought of all she had told me about the pearls; she couldn't wear them; she didn't want to sell them; she hated to shut them up in prison. I

The bride wore a long white peau de soie dress and carried a shower bouquet of sweetheart roses with stephanotis streamers. A coronet of seed pearls held her illusion veil.

There are numerous ways to be classy and one of them starts with what you are wearing. A strand of classic white pearls is the perfect starting point...

almost every pearl on sale today was born of the planned sexual violation of a small creature, and that considerable suffering hangs on those necklace strings.

El corazón del hombre es muy parecido al mar, tiene sus tormentas, tiene sus mareas y en sus profundidades también tiene sus perlas

Now, an hour later, Ethan stood at a window, gazing at the rain, like threads of seed pearls, accessorizing the hills of Bel Air. Watching weather clarified his thinking. Sometimes only nature felt real, while all human monuments and actions seemed to be the settings and the plots of dreams.

They're only Scotch pearls," he said, apologetically, "but they look bonny on you." His fingers lingered a moment on my neck. "Those were your mother's pearls!" said Dougal, glowering at the necklace. "Aye," said Jamie calmly, "and now they're my wife's. Shall we go?

Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine.

Giddy grasshopper Take care...do not leap and crush These pearls of dewdrop

Os Erros, como a Palha, flutuam à superfície; Aquele que proura Pérolas deve mergulhar mais fundo.

These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.

Everything beautiful is golden and strewn with pearls. Even golden people live here. But misfortune is a dark power, a monstrous, cannibalistic giant, who is, however, vanquished, because a good woman, who happily knows how to avert disaster, stands ready to help.

Secrets By Megan Moriarty Some secrets are Nice, Like shiny,wet pearls You string on a Necklace. One,two,three! Some secrets feel like Rocks That hang from your Heart. Some secrets are like Needles. They poke and poke and poke, Wanting to be told. Those are the most dangerous Of all.

Jesus said, "Do not throw your pearls to pigs" (Matt. 7:6). By this we don't think he was calling some people pigs. He was saying, "Look—be careful that you do not give something precious to someone who, at best, cannot recognize its beauty, or at worst, will trample on it." Consider your feminine heart and beauty your treasure, your pearls.

Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be hung. Break that, and you have broken the string - the pearls lie scattered on the ground.

Pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods or both.