"The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite."

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Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan

A. J. Liebling

#Writing Quotes #Culinary Quotes #Appetite Quotes

“A grateful thought toward heaven is of itself a prayer.”
“If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.”
“Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.”
“The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours. Against the blue candlewick bedspread the white pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster
“Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.”
“Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.”

Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “The Sympaty of Religions”, p.16
“Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.”
“I DECLARE that God has a great plan for my life. He is directing my steps. And even though I may not always understand how, I know my situation is not a surprise to God. He will work out every detail to my advantage. In His perfect timing, everything will turn out right. This is my declaration.”

Source : Mikhail Bulgakov (2016). “THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.272, Penguin

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