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title: "1 Saw Father Quotes By M.F.K. Fisher"
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> [“(We loved Mother too, completely, but we were finding out, as Father was too, that it is good for parents and for children to be alone now and then with one another...the man alone or the woman, to sound new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/we-loved-mother-too-completely-but-we-were-finding-out-as-father-was/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

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## More by M.F.K. Fisher

> [“It's really fine that you found a good archivist to do the basically difficult and at times harrowing work of cleaning out old papers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/it-s-really-fine-that-you-found-a-good-archivist-to-do-the-basically/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“Like most humans, I am hungry...our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/like-most-humans-i-am-hungry-our-three-basic-needs-for-food-and/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“Perhaps they should feel this safe sand blow away so that their heads are uncovered for a time, so that they will have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/perhaps-they-should-feel-this-safe-sand-blow-away-so-that-their-heads/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“(We loved Mother too, completely, but we were finding out, as Father was too, that it is good for parents and for children to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/we-loved-mother-too-completely-but-we-were-finding-out-as-father-was/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/probably-one-of-the-most-private-things-in-the-world-is-an-egg-before/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“Perhaps this war will make it simpler for us to go back to some of the old ways we knew before we came over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/perhaps-this-war-will-make-it-simpler-for-us-to-go-back-to-some-of/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“There are very few men and women, I suspect, who cooked and marketed their way through the past war without losing forever some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/there-are-very-few-men-and-women-i-suspect-who-cooked-and-marketed/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“...after rare beef and wine, when the lobes turn red, was the time to ask favours or tell bad news.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/after-rare-beef-and-wine-when-the-lobes-turn-red-was-the-time-to-ask/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“I live with carpe diem engrave on my heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/i-live-with-carpe-diem-engrave-on-my-heart/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“...it was one of the best meals we ever ate. Perhaps that is because it was the first conscious one, for me at least;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/it-was-one-of-the-best-meals-we-ever-ate-perhaps-that-is-because-it/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“...but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/but-i-still-think-that-one-of-the-pleasantest-of-all-emotions-is-to/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“It took me several years of such periods of being alone to learn how to care for myself, at least at table. I came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/it-took-me-several-years-of-such-periods-of-being-alone-to-learn-how/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

> [“We sink too easily into stupid and overfed sensuality, our bodies thickening even more quickly than our minds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-k-fisher-2/we-sink-too-easily-into-stupid-and-overfed-sensuality-our-bodies/)

[M.F.K. Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-k-fisher-2/)

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