#taste

I knew now, that it is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, and not the being loved by each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul beloved... ↗

— George MacDonald

#love #phantastes #the-power-of-love #love

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#first #i #just #never #pour

Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are. ↗

— John Ruskin

#like #me #morality #only #taste

Marriage? It's like asparagus eaten with vinaigrette or hollandaise, a matter of taste but of no importance. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#eaten #importance #like #marriage #matter

I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#dock #i #like #seafood #tastes

Mr. James Joyce is a great man who is entirely without taste. ↗

— Rebecca West

#great #great man #james #james joyce #joyce

There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others. ↗

— J. Donald Walters

#emotional #food #individual #kindness #language

Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for cheese, and one for chocolate. ↗

— Gina Barreca

#buds #cheese #chocolate #forty #four

I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful. ↗

— Larry Hovis

#had #i #something #sure #tasteful

What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#grapes #i #i do #i dream #include