{"quotes":[{"text":"After all,' Anne had said to Marilla once, 'I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.","author":"L.M. Montgomery","tags":["home","inspirational","pearls","pleasures","simple"],"id":805,"author_id":"L.M.+Montgomery"},{"text":"As a pearl is formed and its layers grow, a rich iridescence begins to glow. The oyster has taken what was at first an irritation and intrusion and uses it to enrich its value. How can you coat or frame the changes in your life to harvest beauty, brilliance, and wisdom?","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["change","communication","empowerment","flourishing","grit","life-balance","mindset","optimism","pearls","personal-growth","positive-psychology","resilience","self-help","self-improvement","speaker-susan-young","stress-management","stress-relief","success","thrive-in-times-of-change","www-susanspeaks-com"],"id":44383,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.","author":"Gertrude Stein","tags":["pearls","artificial","swine "],"id":83683,"author_id":"Gertrude+Stein"},{"text":"Prayer is like pearls.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian","intercession","pearls","prayer","proverbs"],"id":100160,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I saw pearls in her mouth and the velvet cushion of her tongue and I heard the magic words come out of her.","author":"Glenda Millard","tags":["magic","mouth","pearls","tongue","velvet","words"],"id":128504,"author_id":"Glenda+Millard"},{"text":"All the tears which we creatures shed for Him are not tears as many think but pearls....","author":"Jalaluddin Rumi","tags":["pearls","tears"],"id":131400,"author_id":"Jalaluddin+Rumi"},{"text":"This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["broken-hearts","classic-poems","classic","compassion","faith","grief","healing-grief","hope","infinity","inspiration","inspiration-for-the-soul","inspirational","newtown-connecticut","palaces","pearls","pearls-of-wisdom","for-easter","rebirth","recovery","recovery-from-grief","resurrection","roses","savannah--and-poets","sorrow","spiritual-transformation","spirituality","survival","transformation"],"id":135256,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["appreciation","blessing","blessings","blessings-in-disguise","curse","dark-night-of-the-soul","desperation","dualism","duality","gratitude","happiness","joy","life-journey","life-lessons","light-and-darkness","pearls","sadness","tears","wisdom","yin-and-yang"],"id":135835,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"},{"text":"True beauty is measured by the number of pearls within you, not those around your neck.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["beautiful","beauty","character","education","fake","intelligence","knowledge","learning","life","material","materialism","meditation","mindfulness","patience","pearls","philosophy","poet","poetry","spiritual","stupid","substance","superficial","superficiality","swan","swine","true","true-beauty","truth","wisdom","wise","words"],"id":152553,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"What can we expect from an empty shell Where many hearts of pearl once beat to dwell Waves fail to break hard layer's bond of loveWailing shore sends memoir to the sky above.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["bond","break","dwell","emptiness","empty","emptyshell","expect","heart","hearts","layer","layers","love","memoir","pearl","pearls","sea","send","shell","shore","sky","wail","wave","waves"],"id":222681,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}