“Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out.”
“Old lady Patterson is a real tightwad.” Raising his voice so it would carry, the man continued, “If she stuck a lump of coal up her ass, within a week she’d shit out a diamond.”
“Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a diamond. Otherwise, you can burn it to keep warm.”
“Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.”
“A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.”
“Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.”