pearls

But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected."I'm not afraid of that. And tears can be happy as well as sad. My very happiest moments have been when I had tears in my eyes__hen Marilla told me I might stay at Green Gables__hen Matthew gave me the first pretty dress I ever had__hen I heard that you were going to recover from the fever. So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy." -Anne

I'm pretty lost in becoming all this frost. Bitter, like Winter. Strung-out like a string of pearls.

This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.

If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer__ day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.

I saw pearls in her mouth and the velvet cushion of her tongue and I heard the magic words come out of her.

Prayer is like pearls.

What can we expect from an empty shell Where many hearts of pearl once beat to dwell Waves fail to break hard layer's bond of loveWailing shore sends memoir to the sky above

True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck.

As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.

After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.

If you wish for pearls, pray always.

As a pearl is formed and its layers grow, a rich iridescence begins to glow. The oyster has taken what was at first an irritation and intrusion and uses it to enrich its value. How can you coat or frame the changes in your life to harvest beauty, brilliance, and wisdom?

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain the thief, and mourned for seven moons over its loss.

At the edge of madness you howl diamonds and pearls.

All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls....

Life is like a precious pearl.

If you roll a pearl around your mouth it slowly reveals the dreams of oysters, memories of the sea, the taste of orgasm.