--- title: "11 Seashell Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Seashell quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Seashell sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/leigh-anne-pinnock-4927_everyone_i-wanted-everyone-to-feel-included-by-in_1555307.jpg" --- > [I wanted everyone to feel included by In 'A' Seashell as far as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-anne-pinnock/i-wanted-everyone-to-feel-included-by-in-a-seashell-as-far-as-possible/) [Leigh-Anne Pinnock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-anne-pinnock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/leigh-anne-pinnock-4927_everyone_i-wanted-everyone-to-feel-included-by-in_1555307.jpg) > [I have paid as much as $300 a night to throw up into a sink shaped like a seashell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/i-have-paid-as-much-as-300-a-night-to-throw-up-into-a-sink-shaped/) [Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/erma-bombeck-780_inspirational_i-have-paid-as-much-as-300-a-night-to-th_1195182.png) > [“A person with physical beauty lacking insight is like a seashell without pearl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spriha-kant/a-person-with-physical-beauty-lacking-insight-is-like-a-seashell/) [Spriha Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spriha-kant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e7/spriha-kant-279157_beauty_a-person-with-physical-beauty-lacking-in_2594528.jpg) > [“And the sea trickling out of my eye as if I'd always carried it inside me, like a seashell waiting to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cisneros-sandra/and-the-sea-trickling-out-of-my-eye-as-if-i-d-always-carried-it/) [Cisneros Sandra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cisneros-sandra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/cisneros-sandra-47237_echo_and-the-sea-trickling-out-of-my-eye-as-i_2438208.jpg) > [Everybody needs a seashell in her bathroom to remind her the ocean is her home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-monk-kidd/everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathroom-to-remind-her-the-ocean-is/) [Sue Monk Kidd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-monk-kidd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/sue-monk-kidd-404_bathroom_everybody-needs-a-seashell-in-her-bathro_1063596.png) > [A seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-seashell-should-be-the-crest-of-england-not-only-because-it/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_built_a-seashell-should-be-the-crest-of-englan_2394762.png) > [“Returning to bed, Rachel strokes Zachariah's black curls as he drifts into sleep and appreciates the shape and fractal geometry there, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-richler/returning-to-bed-rachel-strokes-zachariah-s-black-curls-as-he-drifts/) [Emma Richler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-richler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/emma-richler-12215_ancestors_returning-to-bed-rachel-strokes-zacharia_375875.jpg) > [“She is not a bulldog, only a woman pressed into the shape of a small jar, possibly attempting to dance in there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/she-is-not-a-bulldog-only-a-woman-pressed-into-the-shape-of-a-small/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/barbara-kingsolver-200_art_she-is-not-a-bulldog-only-a-woman-presse_2110403.jpg) > [I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/i-went-to-the-beach-a-couple-of-times-in-new-york-city-tough-summer/) [David Letterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-letterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/david-letterman-378_beach_i-went-to-the-beach-a-couple-of-times-in_2746511.jpg) > [“The grotto itself comprises its own slick universe, and inside this universe spin countless galaxies: here, in the upturned half of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-doerr/the-grotto-itself-comprises-its-own-slick-universe-and-inside-this/) [Anthony Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-doerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/anthony-doerr-886_crab_the-grotto-itself-comprises-its-own-slic_2561455.png) > [I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katrina-kenison/i-take-the-seashell-from-my-jeans-pocket-and-rub-my-fingers-across/) [Katrina Kenison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katrina-kenison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/katrina-kenison-18036_chalice_i-take-the-seashell-from-my-jeans-pocket_3590.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seashell/#itemlist", "name": "Seashell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wanted everyone to feel included by In 'A' Seashell as far as possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leigh-Anne Pinnock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-anne-pinnock/i-wanted-everyone-to-feel-included-by-in-a-seashell-as-far-as-possible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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