Quoted “I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.” Mae West
“Jewellery, I’m telling you. It’s a thing. And love. And maybe danger.” Kami Garcia
“There is in them a VRIWHU ¿UH WKDQ WKH ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the ÀDPH RI EXUQLQJ VXOSKXU RU RI ¿UH quickened by oil.” Pliny, about the opal
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“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”
“It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.”
Federico Fellini
Mark Twain
“Jewellery takes people’s minds off your wrinkles.” Sonja Henie
“Women are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewellery.”
“Diamonds are only chunks of coal, that stuck to their jobs, you see.”
Rita Rudner
Minnie Richard Smith, Stick to Your Job