Chiara Kelly > Quotes

“Risk is a four-letter word, but you know something? So is safe.”
― Chiara Kelly

“Living in heaven with someone you do not love is the real hell. Living in hell with someone you truly love is the real heaven.”
― Chiara Kelly

“However, the good news was that smaller, more flawed diamonds could potentially yield exceptional brilliance if given just the right cut and polish—only at a lesser price, which often gave more people hope. It is thanks to these smaller, more imperfect diamonds that the vast majority with modest means could experience the elation of sporting the empress of gemstones. Smaller diamonds undoubtedly possessed this unique power in their numbers.”
― Chiara Kelly, The Solitaire Diaries

“What was it about being a mom that was just so damn special this one day a year?...Who knows? All I knew was how nice it was to be celebrated on top of relishing the blessing of motherhood--a blessing not everyone who wanted it was fortunate enough to have.”
― Chiara Kelly, The Solitaire Diaries

“It was incredible to see how ordinary individuals act once they cross the porthole from the streets into Tiffany & Co. They instantly transform from giggling, loud-mouthed college girls, griping old biddies and tired middle-aged errand shoppers into genteel cousins to aristocracy.”
― Chiara Kelly, The Solitaire Diaries

“If only children could be more like diamonds. At least they could then be faceted by the numbers and shine according to the maker’s cut and polish grade. Plus, diamonds did not get hurt. I almost slapped myself for constantly thinking about diamonds, even in terms of my own children, who, unlike diamonds, could actually love me back.”
― Chiara Kelly, The Solitaire Diaries

“I believe a truer measure of wealth is not how large your home is, but rather how many homes you are welcome in.”
― Chiara Kelly

“Life often changes the rules, but there is nothing a diamond cannot make brighter.”
― Chiara Kelly, The Solitaire Diaries