
So many pearls to be had, if you were in the mood to open oysters. —
Maggie Stiefvater

What strikes the oyster shell
doesn't damage the pearl. —
Rumi

If you roll a pearl around your mouth it slowly reveals the dreams of oysters, memories of the sea, the taste of orgasm. —
Chloe Thurlow

There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes oysters to produce pearls. —
Sheila Ballantyne

My role in life is that of the grain of sand to the oyster-it irritates the oyster and out comes a pearl. —
Ross Perot