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• Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say
  But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia....
• Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones,--come and buy!
  If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer, there, Where my Julia's lips do smile,-- There 's the land, or cherry-isle....
• One evening he spoke. Sitting at her feet, his face raised to her, he allowed his soul to be heard.
  My darling, anything you wish, anything I am, anything I can ever be....
• She's fragile as a string of pearls... she's nobody's girl. -- Bonnie Rai
• When I was one-and-twenty, I heard a wise man say, Give pounds and crowns and guineas, But not your heart away.
  Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free....
• John: Oh, the color scheme and the rabbit ears! And the two point three children, I mean, where's the Hi-C?
  Lisa: [walking in, holding a tray] Hi-C and fluffernutters!...
• Will change the pebbles of our puddly thought To orient pearls.
  -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, Third Day, Part i...
• My next-door neighbor's little girl, 16 years old, pretty little girl--showed up just as pregnant as she could be.
  Her mama hit the ceiling. She said, "Who done it?...
• I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away.
  -- Don McLea...