Afraid Quote by John Steinbeck

“When he found a very valuable pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it”

— Anonymous

“A pearl could be lost more easily than found through happenstance, through carelessness.”

— Anne Charnock

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

— Victoria Finlay

“A pearl never loses value, not even in muddy waters.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A pearl never loses its value, not even when covered with dirt.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that…

— Truman Capote

“is a pearl, and a pearl buried in a dung heap is no less valuable for its surroundings.”

— Christine Merrill

“I think about pearls. Pearls are congealed oyster spit.”

— Margaret Atwood

“[...] a pearl probably does not look so very remarkable either while it is still hidden inside its shell.”

— Mary Balogh

“A pearl forgotten on the beach, even if it is not noticed, picked up or duly recognized, never loses its value.”

— Augusto Branco

“The most beautiful pearls are not found in oysters, but in enlightened souls.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Day and night I guarded the pearl of my soul. Now in this ocean of pearling currents, I’ve lost track of which was mine.”

— Rumi