In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.
The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.
A man that simply loads himself down with possessions of which he has no actual need, when he dies slips out of them--as a little insect might slip out of some parasite shell into which it has ensconced itself--into the grave, and is forgotten.
The shell fishing industry represents a major part of Louisiana's economy.
You see the shells coming in from opposition forces as well as the Taliban. The poor can only retreat, and not take care of the crops,
Shells sink, dreams float. Life's good on our boat.
I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about.
There are scores of 35-story buildings going up in cities across China that would rival those in the U.S., ... These buildings are modern on the outside but shells on the inside. That's where we see opportunity.
The corals do not look much worn, but still appear to have been dead. There are some delicate shells of molluscs from depths beyond 500 fathoms, where they were certainly living.
After 13 years of life on the half shell in Hollywood, I have made a trip where I wasn't a tourist.