Quote by Mary Balogh

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

— Margaret Atwood

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

— Anne Charnock

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

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

— Augusto Branco

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

— Christine Merrill

“I had expected it to be bigger, and cleaner, and more colorful. But still, it is a jewel.”

— Neil Gaiman

“But there was something in her higher than what surrounded her. There was in her the glow of the real diamond among glass imitations.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Oh, yes." He felt the pearls brush down his face again. Dory turned: he met her eyes and let her see the new pearls…

— Patricia A. McKillip

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Pearls are congealed oyster spit.”

— Margaret Atwood

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo