Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes

Oysters are more beautiful than any religion... There's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster.

Hector Hugh Munro

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• Christianity
• Buddhism
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