--- title: "1 Artichokes Quotes By Poppy Z. Brite" description: "1 Artichokes quotes by Poppy Z. Brite. Plus more from Poppy Z. Brite and more Artichokes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/poppy-z-brite-10238_artichokes_he-has-le-coeur-comme-un-artichaud-eddy_1389947.jpg" --- > [“He has ' le coeur comme un artichaud '. Eddy fumbled for her high school French. 'A heart like an artichoke?' ' Oui . He has a leaf for everyone, but makes a meal for no one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/he-has-le-coeur-comme-un-artichaud-eddy-fumbled-for-her-high-school/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/poppy-z-brite-10238_artichokes_he-has-le-coeur-comme-un-artichaud-eddy_1389947.jpg) ## More by Poppy Z. Brite > [My childhood may have been more demented than most, because I learned to read very early and was allowed to read whatever I wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/my-childhood-may-have-been-more-demented-than-most-because-i-learned/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [If you’re ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/if-you-re-ever-lucky-enough-to-belong-somewhere-if-a-place-takes-you/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/young-writers-shouldn-t-be-afraid-of-striving-to-emulate-their/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/mostly-i-enjoy-the-restaurants-my-husband-is-a-chef-though-i-wish-we/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/celebrities-even-insignificant-ones-like-me-are-created-to-be-abused/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [“Let the night come. We are not afraid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/let-the-night-come-we-are-not-afraid/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/horror-is-the-badge-of-humanity-worn-proudly-self-righteously-and/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [“+ He wasn’t much for erasing anyway. Sometimes your mistakes showed you the really interesting connections between your brain, your hand, and your heart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/he-wasn-t-much-for-erasing-anyway-sometimes-your-mistakes-showed-you/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [You can only maintain an immensely gothic attitude for so long before either killing yourself or beginning to feel like a poser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/you-can-only-maintain-an-immensely-gothic-attitude-for-so-long-before/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/new-orleans-cuisine-is-creole-rather-than-cajun/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [I've certainly learned a great deal from my husband, though, and could never have written a book like Liquor without him and the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/i-ve-certainly-learned-a-great-deal-from-my-husband-though-and-could/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [“They were kissing again, carefully at first, learning the shape and texture of each other's lips, testing the sharpness of the teeth behind them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/they-were-kissing-again-carefully-at-first-learning-the-shape-and/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/and-i-can-t-think-of-a-reason-i-d-ever-use-a-pseudonym-as-i-wouldn-t/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/why-bother-i-was-right-all-along-the-second-you-make-yourself/) [Poppy Z. Brite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy-z-brite/) > [I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy-z-brite/i-don-t-like-to-talk-about-work-in-progress-but-the-novel-i-m-working/) [Poppy Z. 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