"Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter."

-- Bernard Malamud

#Book Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.”
“Your inner peace has nothing to do with your dramas of your life.”
“Listen to me, Cammie. There are things in this lifeâ€¦in this worldâ€¦There are things that you donâ€™t want to remember.â€ - Rachel Morgan”
“In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst culinary disaster taste delicious.”
“I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.”
“And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.”
“The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother's care, shall be in state institutions.”
“If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most bored.”

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