A Streetcar Named Desire

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Anglika

A pearl of literature is a fine and suitable phrase. I think Bob was agreeing with you that it is a pearl, and to consider that a pearl starts as a piece of grit and ends as a beautiful pearl as it gathers its coating.

Exactly! And also that a pearl only grows because of an irritant. I think it's a perfect metaphor.

b

[thedaffodils]

Originally Posted by BobK

Exactly! And also that a pearl only grows because of an irritant. I think it's a perfect metaphor.

b

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