White Jade

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or jade:

    “I waited alone, in the company of orchids, roses and violets who—like people waiting beside you, but to whom you are unknown—maintained a silence which their individuality of living things rendered more imposing and in their chilly manner received the heat from an incandescent coal fire, preciously placed behind a crystal glass, in a white marble tub where it dropped, from time to time, its dangerous rubies.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

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