Preciousness Quotes

“The song is an unvarnished love shout, an implorement tinged with...anger? Something like anger, but the anger of a philosoher, the anger of a pot. An anger directed at the transience of the world, at its heartbreaking beauty that collides constantly with our awareness of the fact that everything gets taken away, that we're being shown marvels but reminded always that they don't belong to us. They're sultans' treasures; we're lucky, we're expected to feel lucky to have been invited to see them at all.”
― Michael Cunningham, The Snow Queen

“A diamond set in lead his worth retains.”
― Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander

“death must be very precious
or else why carry it

all your life like an egg.”
― Craig Morgan Teicher, Brenda Is in the Room and Other Poems

“That's how it is with us. Even our worst enemies in time become precious.”
― William Saroyan, Places Where I've Done Time