"Cicero ate oysters to nourish his eloquence, and the ancients used them with a startlingly cold-blooded combination of gastronomy and pure hygiene."

—M.F.K.  Fisher


“The food of thy body is Champagne and oysters; feed it then on Champagne and oysters; and so shall it merit a joyful resurrection, if there is any to be.”

—Herman Melville


“I do not weep at the world, I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.”

—Zora Neale Hurston