“Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.” – Saadi “Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.” – Saadi vladik “Does love always form, like a pearl, around the hardened bits of life?” – Andrew Sean Greer “From a grain of sand in the pearl comes.” – Confucius