Apologize Quote by Betty Rosenberg

“Rosenberg's First Law of Reading: never apologize for your reading tastes.”

— Betty Rosenberg

Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summarizing her reading tastes in ten titles.

— Tracy Chevalier

“Having to amuse myself during those earlier years, I read voraciously and widely. Mythic matter and folklore made up much of that reading—retellings of…

— Charles de Lint

When you're hungry, everything tastes good.

— John Witherspoon

“I decline the coffee. I don't drink it, because no matter how much sugar I put into it, it still tastes like ass-water to…

— Katja Millay

Mayonnaise is basically the only condiment there is. Anything tastes better with lots of mayo... even a spoon.

— Tinsley Mortimer

“Pistachio?” Sure, this place doesn’t have as many options as Della Palma, but there are at least twenty, the rest of them all a…

— Kristin Rae

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

— Horace

I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Giddy with each other and the wine, they strolled outside through the Presidio, the old fort now housing restaurants and galleries. Jess explained that…

— Allegra Goodman

“Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves how bitterness tastes.”

— Rin Chupeco

Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death,…

— Christopher Koch