Eleanor Clark > Quotes

“You are eating the sea, that's it, only the sensation of a gulp of sea water has been wafted out of it by some sorcery, and you are on the verge of remembering you don't know what, mermaids or the sudden smell of
kelp on the ebb tide or a poem you read once, something connected
with the flavor of life itself...”
― Eleanor Clark, The Oysters of Locmariaquer

“Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog.”
― Eleanor Clark

“Obviously, if you don’t love life, you can’t enjoy an oyster.”
― Eleanor Clark, The Oysters of Locmariaquer

“has its rectum running through its heart; this is considered rather unsophisticated.”
― Eleanor Clark, The Oysters of Locmariaquer

“is probably as good a single explanation as any for the fall of both Greece and Rome.”
― Eleanor Clark, The Oysters of Locmariaquer

“This last, like most lamellibranchs or ruffle breathers but no other oyster,”
― Eleanor Clark, The Oysters of Locmariaquer

“garum was invented by the Greeks, according to Pliny,”
― Eleanor Clark, The Oysters of Locmariaquer