The wise oyster stays in its shell. - Marty Rubin
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. - Jonathan Swift
A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl. - Stephan A. Hoeller
Why then the worlds mine oyster, Which I with sword shall open.
No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor. - Ambrose Bierce
Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. - William Shakespeare
The world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open. - William Shakespeare