Eleanor Clark - The Oysters of Locmariaquer (1964)

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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

Obviously, if you don't love life, you can't enjoy an oyster.

Eleanor Clark

Music or the color of the sea are easier to describe than the taste of one of these Armoricaines...

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