Seashell Quotes

11 quotes from 11 authors

Even a handful of seashell musings can remind us how a simple curve holds a world of texture and memory. The 11 quotes capture quiet awe—from a mussel’s half‑shell geometry to the soft, indented feel of a beach treasure in a pocket. For more on related virtues, see Inner strength and Moral courage pages.

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I have paid as much as $300 a night to throw up into a sink shaped like a seashell.

Erma Bombeck

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I wanted everyone to feel included by In 'A' Seashell as far as possible.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock

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“And the sea trickling out of my eye as if I'd always carried it inside me, like a seashell waiting to be…

Cisneros Sandra

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“A person with physical beauty lacking insight is like a seashell without pearl.”

Spriha Kant

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Everybody needs a seashell in her bathroom to remind her the ocean is her home.

Sue Monk Kidd

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A seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the…

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Returning to bed, Rachel strokes Zachariah's black curls as he drifts into sleep and appreciates the shape and fractal geometry there, the…

Emma Richler

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I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited.…

David Letterman

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“She is not a bulldog, only a woman pressed into the shape of a small jar, possibly attempting to dance in there.…

Barbara Kingsolver

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“The grotto itself comprises its own slick universe, and inside this universe spin countless galaxies: here, in the upturned half of a…

Anthony Doerr

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I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open…

Katrina Kenison

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