The family-that dear octopus from whese tentacles we never quite escape nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. - Dodie Smith
I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me. - N. Scott Momaday
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time! - Drew Barrymore
I was satisfied with haiku until I met you, jar of octopus, cuckoo's cry, 5-7-5, but now I want a russian novel, a 50-page description of you sleeping, another 75 of what you think staring at your window. - Dean Young
The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. - Dodie Smith