Lock Heart Jade

Famous quotes containing the words lock, heart and/or jade:

    “then take off your flesh,
    unpick the lock of your bones.
    In other words
    take off the wall
    that separates you from God.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Love sits enthroned in Clara’s eyes,
    The Graces play her lips around,
    And in her cheeks the tendrest dyes
    Of lilly mixed with rose are found.
    Where charms so irresistless throng
    What mortal heart can try resistance?
    But ah! her nose is two feet long,
    And bids our passions keep their distance.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “Do not pray for gold and jade and precious things; pray that your children and grandchildren may all be good.”
    —Chinese proverb.