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title: "4 Perfect Dinner Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Perfect Dinner quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Perfect Dinner sayings and thoughts."
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> [“If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/if-i-was-home-alone-at-night-i-cooked-myself-an-entire-meal-from-one/)

[Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/nora-ephron-1217_home-alone_if-i-was-home-alone-at-night-i-cooked-my_98347.jpg)

> [A perfect dinner for me is being with people I really want to be with. It starts and stops with my company…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-bach/a-perfect-dinner-for-me-is-being-with-people-i-really-want-to-be-with/)

[Catherine Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-bach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/catherine-bach-100805_being_a-perfect-dinner-for-me-is-being-with-pe_918215.jpg)

> [“If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/if-i-was-home-alone-at-night-i-cooked-myself-an-entire-meal-from-one-2/)

[Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/nora-ephron-1217_home-alone_if-i-was-home-alone-at-night-i-cooked-my_1258047.jpg)

> [“when after a perfect dinner I lounge in an armchair, when there is no one I hate to look at in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/when-after-a-perfect-dinner-i-lounge-in-an-armchair-when-there-is-no/)

[Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/lin-yutang-2491_armchair_when-after-a-perfect-dinner-i-lounge-in_2023542.png)

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