--- title: "1 Interesting Dinner Quotes By Rebecca Lee" description: "1 Interesting Dinner quotes by Rebecca Lee. Plus more from Rebecca Lee and more Interesting Dinner sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/rebecca-lee-24021_dinner-party_every-dinner-party-by-the-end-is-a-bit-o_670148.jpg" --- > [“Every dinner party by the end is a bit of a defeat. After the halfway mark, when everybody is still in high-spirits, some even intoxicated, and the dessert still hasn't arrived, there is a moment when it seems like we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/every-dinner-party-by-the-end-is-a-bit-of-a-defeat-after-the-halfway/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/rebecca-lee-24021_dinner-party_every-dinner-party-by-the-end-is-a-bit-o_670148.jpg) ## More by Rebecca Lee > [“James was one of those atheists God must love the most, much more than those of us who were believers, since it is their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/james-was-one-of-those-atheists-god-must-love-the-most-much-more-than/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“This is the whole problem with words. There is so little surface area to reveal whom you might be underneath, how expansive and warm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/this-is-the-whole-problem-with-words-there-is-so-little-surface-area/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“Only a man who hates his privilege can be trusted with it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/only-a-man-who-hates-his-privilege-can-be-trusted-with-it/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“Every dinner party by the end is a bit of a defeat. After the halfway mark, when everybody is still in high-spirits, some even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/every-dinner-party-by-the-end-is-a-bit-of-a-defeat-after-the-halfway/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“What an idea--that with a few words you could catch another person in a little grammatical clutch, arrange the objects of the world such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/what-an-idea-that-with-a-few-words-you-could-catch-another-person-in/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“And I did long for it, to say one true sentence of my own, to leap into the subject, that sturdy vessel travelling upstream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/and-i-did-long-for-it-to-say-one-true-sentence-of-my-own-to-leap-into/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“I felt so grateful for the heat that came out of that cab's vents, though it reached me as just slender filaments that could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/i-felt-so-grateful-for-the-heat-that-came-out-of-that-cab-s-vents/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“Infinity making its way into our battered little sphere of finity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/infinity-making-its-way-into-our-battered-little-sphere-of-finity/) [rebecca lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“If one of the things people do is establish a civilization out of nature, a way out of the chaos, then Ray was failing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/if-one-of-the-things-people-do-is-establish-a-civilization-out-of/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“She put her hand on my shoulder, and her eyes let me know, just crouch down, hold tight, there's a little bit of pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/she-put-her-hand-on-my-shoulder-and-her-eyes-let-me-know-just-crouch/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“Perfect days, for me, began with identical food and drink and activity; not until dusk would I develop the restlessness that is supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/perfect-days-for-me-began-with-identical-food-and-drink-and-activity/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“If you have ever felt that the table at which you sit contains everything and everybody that matters to you, like a little boat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/if-you-have-ever-felt-that-the-table-at-which-you-sit-contains/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“He was my teacher, and he had wrapped himself, his elaborate historical self, into this package, and stood in front of the high windows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/he-was-my-teacher-and-he-had-wrapped-himself-his-elaborate-historical/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“I think you have boundary problems," Groovy said. "There's such a thing as too-strict boundaries, you know. You're all cut off from everybody." "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/i-think-you-have-boundary-problems-groovy-said-there-s-such-a-thing/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) > [“Earlier that day I had found a sheet of paper on which Min’s grandmother had written her definition of the “superior woman.” At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-lee/earlier-that-day-i-had-found-a-sheet-of-paper-on-which-min-s/) [Rebecca Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interesting-dinner/rebecca-lee/#itemlist", "name": "1 Interesting Dinner Quotes By Rebecca Lee", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Every dinner party by the end is a bit of a defeat. 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