“As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain.”
“Beauty that arose out of pain.”
“But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough pressure on coal, it'll turn to pearls!”
“Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal.”
“We're all dealt our lumps of coal. What you do with it can turn beautiful.”
“Morality existed only in action. It arose out of action: was formed and tested in action: expressed itself in action. That was why we mustn't cheapen it with words”