"No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food."

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Peter Mayle

#Southern Quotes #Matter Quotes #Backgrounds Quotes

“Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.”
“Why did dogs make one want to cry? There was something so quiet and hopeless about their sympathy. Jasper, knowing something was wrong, as dogs always do. Trunks being packed. Cars being brought to the door. Dogs standing with drooping tails, dejected eyes. Wandering back to their baskets in the hall when the sound of the car dies away.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
“Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.”
“I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.”
“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage
“â€ŽTo focus on matters beyond our control is to misdirect energy, waste time, and doom us to frustration and failure.”
“You must make your choice whether to hold on to some thing which cannot save you, or let go, and fall into the hands of the Lord.”

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