The hooker with a heart of gold (also the whore with a heart of gold or the tart with a heart) is a stock character involving a prostitute with a hidden integrity and kindness.
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Famous quotes containing the words hooker, heart and/or gold:
“Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.”
—Richard Hooker (1554–1600)
“O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host
Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary’s feet.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“‘She has got rings on every finger,
Round one of them she have got three.
She have gold enough around her middle
To buy Northumberland that belongs to thee.”
—Unknown. Young Beichan (l. 61–64)