When asked to explain why he had chosen a lobster as his companion:

Well, you see, he doesn't bark and he knows the secrets of the sea.


The Listener, Volume 86 (1971), p. 170

Gérard de Nerval Quotes

Well, you see, he doesn't bark and he knows the secrets of the sea.

Well, you see, he doesn't bark and he knows the secrets of the sea.

Well, you see, he doesn't bark and he knows the secrets of the sea.

Well, you see, he doesn't bark and he knows the secrets of the sea.