#food

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#psyche #food

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip. ↗

— John Kennedy Toole

#dip #dunce #food #history #writing

I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car, "I'm not so sure that you should go by my example." "Why not?" "Because I have my regrets," he said. "Also, I'm a guy. And guys do different stuff." "Like ride bikes?" I said. "No," he replied. "Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people's front porches. And..." "Girls can't set off firecrackers on people's front porches?" "They can," he said... "But they're smart enough not to. That's the difference. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#auden #boys #eli #firecrackers #girls

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant. ↗

— Scott Adams

#fish #food #humor #wisdom #food

If you're afraid of butter, use cream. ↗

— Julia Child

#food #food

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#food #food

You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#food

Life is half delicious yogurt, half crap, and your job is to keep the plastic spoon in the yogurt. ↗