"There arent many great passages written about food, but I love one by George Millar, who worked for the SOE in the second world war and wrote a book called Horned Pigeon. He had been on the run and hadnt eaten for a week, and his description of the cheese fondue he smells in the peasant kitchen of a house in eastern France is unbelievable."

-- Sebastian Faulks

#Running Quotes #War Quotes #Book Quotes

“I remember being in intensive care, looking at the clock and thinking 'don't go to sleep, don't go to sleep'. I can laugh about it now but I was petrified.”
“For so many years, fans and friends have been wanting me to succeed and be back on TV every week, which hasn't happened since 'Full House.' I feel like I came through for them.”
“Dad was supportive, intelligent, read to me as a kid, left me a trillion dollars. It's hard to complain.”
“No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.”
“Why produce even females? Why should there be future generations? What is their purpose? When aging and death are eliminated, why continue to reproduce? Why should we care what happens when we're dead? Why should we care that there is no younger generation to succeed us?”

Source : Valerie Solanas (1971). “SCUM manifesto”
“I want our children in America to know the limits of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”
“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”
“How I hated the dark part of me that continually foretold of failure or futility.”

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