“I would crush a priceless pearl
and drink it,
to stay in this moment
for all time.”

“I would love to be erased from our association with Pearl Jam or the Nymphs and other first time offenders.”

“Time is free, but it’s priceless.”

“… the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being.”

“I want to drink a cup of tea to all those Kennedys who went and all those Kennedys who stayed.”

“"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls," and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.”

“I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day.”

“I might have to drink the blood of animals to stay alive, but I would never feast on one of my own kind, no matter what Mr. Crepsley said, or hows much my belly growled.”

“The Wonder of it All:
Sitting there in your pajamas & all the time in the world & if I could keep any moment it would be this: watching you & holding my breath with the wonder of it all.”

“… in this ocean of hours I'm all the time drinking…”