The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. Votes: 2
Zora Neale HurstonIn fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own. Votes: 2
Ken ThompsonA gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingThe flood subsides, and the body, like a worn sea-shell emerges strange and lovely. Votes: 0
D. H. LawrenceThe Roundhouse was a complete shell. It was absolutely empty, lying derelict for years. Votes: 0
Richard StanleyWhen a shell falls, books act like a net, trapping the shrapnel within them. Votes: 0
Semezdin MehmedinovićIsrael has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense... Votes: 0
Elizabeth WarrenThe word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings. Votes: 0
George SantayanaPeople have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell. Votes: 0
Jackson PollockSome people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell. Votes: 0
Dorothy Canfield FisherIf he'd been making shell-cases during the war it might have been better for music. Votes: 0
Maurice RavelSome people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back in the shell. Votes: 0
Cass CanfieldShe was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive. Votes: 0
Sarah DessenOftentimes, the only evidence left behind at the scene of a shooting are bullet shell casings. Votes: 0
Grace MengI've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. Votes: 0
Andy RooneyThe car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. Votes: 0
Marshall McLuhanThe best part of shooting 'House of Cards' in Baltimore is eating lots of soft-shell crab. Votes: 0
Robin WrightPretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions. Votes: 0
Michael MustoPublicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left. Votes: 0
Patrick Kavanagh[My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her. Votes: 0
William CowperI took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument. Votes: 0
SapphoSadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too. Votes: 0
Matsuo BashoDisarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell. Votes: 0
John F. KennedyNever tell tales about a woman. No matter how far away she is, shell always hear you. Votes: 0
Bryan BrownIf I, this mortal shell, am going to die, let me at least live on through my creations. Votes: 0
J. M. CoetzeeTried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began. Votes: 0
MorrisseyWhen I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldYou build a character, a shell, and if you build it right, something comes to live inside it. Votes: 0
Elizabeth HandTried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began. Votes: 0
Steven MorrisseyWe feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun. Votes: 0
Taisen DeshimaruIf that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. Votes: 0
John BunyanIt's okay to play turtle for a while, as long as you don't get too fond of your shell. Votes: 0
Eileen WilksAs soon as we get out of our urban shell, we're still at the mercy of nature as individuals. Votes: 0
Julia KentOne day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table. Votes: 0
Gustave FlaubertAfter 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist. Votes: 0
Edgar BergenI was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell. Votes: 0
Tamara TaylorIt is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell. Votes: 3 Jarrett J. Krosoczka
I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally. Votes: 3 Zoe Saldana
I like to take the time out to listen to the trees, much in the same way that I listen to a sea shell, holding my ear against the rough bark of the trunk, hearing the inner singing of the sap. It's a lovely sound, the beating of the heart of the tree. Votes: 4 Madeleine L'Engle