Alex Leadbeater

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Alex Leadbeater

“The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this: irritations get into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get rid of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl.”
Henry Emerson Fosdick

I do think oysters are magical, beautiful to look at, famous for their powers as an aphrodisiac and quite disgusting to eat! more.....