Quote by Pat Conroy

“She might have managed to swerve through the crowds to rescue Henry, but that tray of oysters came by and she was distracted. She…

— Ellen Herrick

“Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it…

— Anonymous

“This time Ben swallowed faster as though he were ingesting his own saliva. Speed, he thought, was the secret behind the enigma of why…

— Pat Conroy

“It was like we were two halves of an oyster shell, and when you put us together, it hid the gray gunk inside.”

— Alex Flinn

“The oysters arrived on a deep bed of ice. She had never eaten an oyster, and she stared down at the platter. A ruffle…

— Ruth Reichl

“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

“Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it…

— Robert Greene

“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

“Occasionally Leonardo appended a moral lesson to the entry, such as this: “The oyster, when the moon is full, opens itself wide, and when…

— Walter Isaacson

“Describing Ostend oysters: "small and rich, looking like little ears enfolded in shells, and melting between the palate and the tongue like salted sweets.”

— Guy de Maupassant

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

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“I didn’t know a mouth could open that far. His tongue lolled out, his lips curled back and his eyes bulged as if they’d…

— Serra Elinsen