Diamond Heart Spade

Famous quotes containing the words diamond, heart and/or spade:

    “pulling off the fat diamond engagement ring,
    pulling off the elopement wedding ring,
    and holding them, clicking them
    in thumb and forefinger,
    the indent of twenty-five years,
    like a tiny rip leaving its mark....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “He teaches me to set my heart on nothing. He detaches my mind from friends and relations; and I could watch on as brother, children, mother, and wife all died, and not care in the least.”
    —Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    “A spade is not a spade, and it is just
    That any tremulous twisting of her lips
    Should be mere prettiness, or call it grace
    The canto amoroso of her hips.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)