Childhood Quote by Aliki

“This place was just a pile of old stones. Pretty stones arranged in intriguing ways, but just old stones. “And outdated wiring,” her father…

— Magnus Flyte

“Inside her chest, a warm, billowing, something swept through her, to the tips of her fingers, the bottoms of her feet, shining like a…

— Heather Dixon

“What a mind that woman must have!" he said with admiration. It was the hushed tone of a jeweller studying the largest and finest…

— Frances Hardinge

“She was only twenty-two, and although she had not been gently used, it would be quite a few years before men stopped buying jewelry…

— Dean Koontz

“A diamond doesn't start out polished and shining. It once was nothing special, but with enough pressure and time, becomes spectacular. I'm that diamond.”

— Solange nicole

“Character is the diamond that scratches every other stone.”

— Bartol

“I supposed that with her stunning beauty, she needed no ornamentation. It would have been like putting jewelry on a lion.”

— Sarah J. Maas

“...the way the diamond caused people to reasses her--their palpable appreciation that Drew was loved by someone, was someone worth loving”

— Daphne Kalotay

“She was the real treasure, more precious than sapphires, diamonds and gold. At the core of his ancient, cynical heart, he was an acquisitive…

— Thea Harrison

“Her words imbued it with a peculiar fragrance; it was no longer just her private organ, but a treasure, a magic, potent treasure, a…

— Henry Miller

“You're not making too much of this. You will love her until the stars fall. She looked like a figure in a hand-tinted woodcut…

— Kathleen Gilles Seidel

“As they say, a jeweler knows the uncut gem. And I am. And she was. And so.”

— Patrick Rothfuss