"It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it"

-- M. F. K. Fisher

#Thinking Quotes #Meals Quotes #Soup Quotes

“Try to do exactly as you are taught without complaining or quibbling.”
“if something is perfect, then there is nothing left,there is no for imagination, no place left for a person to gain additional knowledge or abilities”
“If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.”
“Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man.”
“Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spreading brotherly love!”

Source : Dervla Murphy (1987). “Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle”, p.70, The Overlook Press
“Have you ever been anyone's?" "No. And you?" "I've never wanted to." "Neither have I. Until I saw this lovely girl in Seattle, with big gold eyes, and pink, full lips... and I wondered if she could understand me...”
“A capacity to change is indispensable. Equally indispensable is the capacity to hold fast to that which is good.”
“If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.”

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