Quote by Robert Kroese

“As the snail's world grew more familiar, my own human world became less so; my species was so large, so rushed, and so confusing.”

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“The life of a snail is as full of tasty food, comfortable beds of sorts, and a mix of pleasant and not-so-pleasant adventures as…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“I wrote to one of my doctors: I could never have guessed what would get me through this past year - a woodland snail…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The snail had been a true mentor; its tiny existence had sustained me. Late one winter night I wrote in my journal: A last…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“But the life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”

— David Hume

“He had found that all snails have the capacity to do over one hundred miles per hour and find their way to a given…

— Jasper Fforde

“The universe is indifferent to our fates. This was the crushing burden that the character took with him as he struggled through the surf…

— Dan Simmons

“We are human, we are irrational, we have foibles, and the power of the mind over the body is greater than anything you have…

— Ben Goldacre

“I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it’s aerodynamically impossible for a bumblebee to fly, that light…

— Neil Gaiman

We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man…

— Epictetus