Humor Quote by Alex Flinn

“I always thought it was remarkable that the oyster coats its enemy not only in something beautiful, but a part of itself.”

— Tarryn Fisher

“Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters?”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Do you appreciate that an oyster has, among its other organs, a heart?”

— Padgett Powell

“I was conscious of a passing pang for the oyster world, feeling--and I think correctly--that life for these unfortunate bivalves must be one damn…

— P.G. Wodehouse

“Charlotte sighed inwardly. She knew her mother was serious when she started referring to shellfish. What did that mean, anyway? What's so great about…

— Anne Ursu

“It was as if I were an oyster and somebody forced a grain of sand into my shell -- a grain of sand that…

— Truman Capote

“It's true that the two halves were no longer hinged. They weren't clinging to each other, but each was a cream-colored wing with a…

— Terri Farley

“Now I knew why I had been hollowed out, why my insides were chipped away with a chisel and mallet. It was to make…

— Lang Leav

“I think about pearls. Pearls are congealed oyster spit.”

— Margaret Atwood

“I've always known we were two puzzle pieces that fit together in a hollow that is our pain. There was a time when I…

— Lisa Renee Jones

“I’m like a mussel, closed in my shell. It’s only you who can open me.”

— Deborah Moggach

“Like a porcelain facade, her outer shell was breaking away.”

— L.A. Kuehlke