"I find it hard to believe that a lady like...â€™ Pertellis hesitated, and coughed. â€˜There is something elevated in the female spirit that will always hold a woman back from the coldest and most vicious forms of villainy.â€™ â€˜No, there isnâ€™t,â€™ Miss Kitely said kindly but firmly, as she set a dish in his hand. â€˜Drink your chocolate, Mr Pertellis."

-- Frances Hardinge

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“Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.”

Source : "‘Top Chef’ Judge Gail Simmons Reveals Her Favorite Ketchup". Interview with Michelle Madden, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2011.
“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.”
“Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself.”
“I grew up acutely aware of the exile and distance caused by war.”
“No act can be quite so intimate as the sexual embrace.”
“When all the experts and forecasts agree, something else is going to happen”
“Europe can only hold together and stand together, which is very important in times of migration challenges, terrorism challenges, if each country takes responsibility for itself.”
“Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.”

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