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 | | Words
"Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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- John Maynard Keynes
13/16" tall x 13/16" diameter
44.00
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 | | Ideal Calm
"The ideal of calm exists in the sitting cat.
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- Jules Renard
5/8" tall x 9/16th" diameter
40.00
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 | | He Who Gives
"He gives twice who gives quickly
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- Roman proverb
7/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | True Method
"The true method of knowledge is experiment
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- William Blake
1/2" tall x 1/2" diameter
40.00
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 | | Sparrow and Wisteria
"In Japan the sparrow is a symbol of resilience and adaptability for its ability to survive in different environments, even in difficult circumstances. They are also associated with domestic harmony and a sense of community. The wisteria vine can represent both love and longevity.
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1 1/2" tall x 9/16" diameter
85.00
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 | | Wilderness
"Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
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- Gerard Manley Hopkins
1 3/16" tall x 9/16" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Lucky Bats
"In China the word “bat” has the same sound as the word “blessing.” An image of two bats facing each other symbolizes double blessings. A bat flying in to your house is said to bring good luck with it. Folklore tells of certain bats that shine like silver and live to be 1,000 years old, so the bat is also used as a symbol of longevity.
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- Design based on traditional Chinese embroideries. Text on sides reads “For Luck”.
1 1/16" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep
48.00
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 | | Saints Are
"The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.
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- Robert Louis Stevenson
9/16" tall x 1/2" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Rabbit On Waves
- In China and Japan, the rabbit is a lucky animal, a symbol of peace and prosperity, patience, wit, caution, and ingenuity. This bead illustrates a Japanese myth, the “Hare of Inaba”, in which a clever rabbit tricks crocodiles into lining up in the sea so that it can cross the water from an island to the shore. On the bead, the rabbit hops on the waves which conceal the crocodiles. The wave design is adapted from an antique Japanese textile design.
1 5/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
80.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Mini Acorn Oak
- The Celts, ancient Greeks, and Romans crowned their kings and leaders with oak leaves. The Druids believed the oak had healing and protective powers. In Nordic and Celtic cultures the acorn was a symbol of life, fertility and immortality. The oak continues today as a symbol of life, strength, courage, wisdom, nobility, and stability.
7/16" diameter x 1/2" tall
40.00
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 | | Butterfly Skull
"I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.
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- Rumi, In cultures all over the world, the butterfly is used as a symbol of the human soul. The skull design is based on the skulls made of sugar or paper mache used as decorations and gifts in Mexico, on the Day of the Dead.
1 1/16" wide x 1 1/16" tall x 3/8" deep
70.00
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 | | I Am Not
"I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.
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- Rumi
11/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
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 | | Now Is
"Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less.
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- Marie Curie
13/16” tall x 9/16” diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Leave Stars
"What makes night within us may leave stars.
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- Victor Hugo
5/8” tall x 9/16” diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Sunset
"Bring me the sunset in a cup.
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- Emily Dickinson
7/8” tall x 1/2” diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Watch the Stars
"Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them
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- Marcus Aurelius, From a longer quotation; “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
9/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Go Above
"If your nerve deny you, go above your nerve.
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- Emily Dickinson
3/4" tall x 9/16" diameter
40.00
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 | | Sunflower
- In folklore, sunflowers are associated with truth, loyalty, and honesty. They have been used to symbolize strength and endurance, or health and long life.
5/8" tall x 9/16" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Let Me
"The question isn’t who is going to let me: it’s who is going to stop me.
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- Attributed to Ayn Rand
9/16" tall x 11/16" diameter
40.00
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"You were wild once. Don’t let them tame you.
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- Isadora Duncan
13/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
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 | | What You Can
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
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- Theodore Roosevelt
9/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Snowdrop
- The snowdrop is one of the first spring flowers, blooming through the snow. In Europe, it is a traditional sign of the end of winter, and a symbol of hope and rebirth.
1 1/4” tall x 3/4" wide x 3/8” deep
60.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Resist At Beginning
"It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
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- Leonardo da Vinci
15/16" tall x 9/16" diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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"Persist
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- Inspired by the Women’s March, and by the bright pink pussyhats that marchers proudly wore.
13/16" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep
48.00
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 | | Mermaids Singing
"Teach me to hear mermaids singing
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- John Donne, from the poem, “Go and catch a falling star”
3/8” tall x 1/2" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Great Pleasure
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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- Walter Bagehot
7/8” tall x 5/8” diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Sail My Ship
"I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship
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- Louisa May Alcott
3/4" tall x 9/16” diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Out Loud
"I am here to live out loud.
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- Emile Zola
7/16" tall x 1/2" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Resist Much
"Resist much. Obey little.
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- Walt Whitman
1/2" tall x 9/16” diameter
40.00
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"Pregare, sperare, e non ti preoccupare.”, “Pray, hope and don’t worry.
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- St. Pio of Petrelcina, Padre Pio is the patron saint of civil defense volunteers, but is unofficially known as the patron saint of stress relief, because of this famous advice.
3/8” tall x 9/16” diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Windows
"All the windows of my heart I open to the day.
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- John Greenleaf Whittier
5/8" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Cure For Anything
"The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.
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- Isak Dinesen
5/8" tall x 3/4" diameter
40.00
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 | | Two-faced Skull Charm (Silver)
"Designs based on sugar and paper-mâché skulls from the Mexican "Day of the Dead".
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3/4" tall x 9/16" wide
14.00
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 | | Two-faced Skull Charm (Bronze)
"Designs based on sugar and paper-mâché skulls from the Mexican "Day of the Dead".
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3/4" tall x 9/16" wide
14.00
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- Tradition says that at sea, seeing a swallow is the first sign that land is near, and a swallow tattoo represented a wish for a safe return home. Swallows migrate long distances, but always return home.
11/16" tall x 5/8" diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | On Ne Voit
"On ne voit qu’avec le coeur. (One only sees well with the heart.)
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- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “The Little Prince”
1/2" x 5/8" diameter
40.00
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 | | Lantern Fly
"Thou art my way; I wander if thou fly; Thou art my light; If hid, how blind am I!
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- Francis Quarles, 1592 - 1644, Early naturalists believed that the lantern fly's large proboscis gave off a bright light in the dark.
1" tall x 1 13/16" wide x 3/8" deep; Off center hole, see photo.
80.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Let Us Then
"Let us then be up and doing, with a heart for any fate.
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- William Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 "A Psalm of Life"
1/2" diameter x 3/4" tall
40.00
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 | | All Things Linked
"All things by immortal power, near and far, hiddenly to each other linked are
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- Francis Thompson, 1859-1907
5/8" in diameter x 3/4" tall
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Troubling A Star
"Thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star
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- Francis Thompson, 1859-1907
5/8" in diameter x 3/4" tall
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Say No
7/16" tall x 5/16 diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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 | | Best Way Out
"The best way out is always through.
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- Robert Frost 1874-1963
3/4" tall x 3/8" diameter
40.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | That's My Name
"That's my name, don't wear it out.
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- Fred practices selective hearing.
5/8" square
46.00
Very limited stock |
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 | | Oyster Knife
"I do not weep at the world - I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife
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- Zora Neale Hurston
13/16" tall x 9/16" diameter
40.00
Only one left in stock |
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"For luck
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- In Egypt, the scarab may symbolize wisdom, the sun, and self creative power.
1" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4 deep
46.00
Only one left in stock |
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"A pan duro diente agudo
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- 'For hard bread sharp teeth' Spanish proverb
9/16" tall x 1/2"diameter
40.00
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"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know
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- Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), Journal entry after meeting Byron for the first time, at a ball in 1812.
3/4" tall x 1/2" diameter
40.00
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