“Coco Chanel used to talk about wearing more than one string of pearls. Why wear one if you can wear two, or something to that effect. I think that one string of pearls is just fine. But that's because my pearls are black, hers were white.”
“Each of these moments was a pearl on a string, one prettier and more perfect than the next.”
“I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.”
“You know, lieutenant, you wear your weapon the way other women wear pearls.""It's not a fashion accessory.”
“I wanted to wear the mantle and the pearls. I wanted to know the man who painted her like that.”
“She was a lovely blonde, with fine teeth. She had gold and pearls for her dowry; but her gold was on her head, and her pearls were in her mouth.”