Dinner Quotes
1426 quotes by 1096 authors
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A comma . . . catches the gentle drift of the mind in thought, turning in on itself and back on itself, reversing, redoubling, and…
— Pico Iyer
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Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf.
— Jules Verne
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Reading was not an escape for her, any more than it is for me. It was an aspect of direct experience. She distinguished, of course,…
— Jincy Willett
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I'm jealous of her. Can you be jealous of your mom for being able to handle things? I couldn't take a day off, take a…
— Ned Vizzini
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But the best, in my opinion, was the home life in the little flat--the ardent, voluble chats after the day's study; the cozy dinners and…
— O. Henry
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Bob wasn't precisely a friend to me but... I was used to him. In a way he was family, the mouthy, annoying, irritable cousin who…
— Jim Butcher
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Sentinel meeting tonight,†Ria told her. “At Lucas's place.†“Time?†... “Seven. Sascha's doing dinner.†“God save us all.†Sascha had decided she liked cooking.…
— Nalini Singh
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Are you telling me you're cooking me dinner?- Regan Its the quickest way, without physical contact, to get a woman into bed. The kitchen through…
— Nora Roberts
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Do you think we enjoy hearing about your brand-new million-dollar home when we can barely afford to eat Kraft Dinner sandwiches in our own grimy…
— Douglas Coupland
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It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You offered to cook."…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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Laney held up a hand. "I checked it out. He went there on scholarship and paid the rest with student loans. And he's good looking,…
— Julie James
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In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.
— Haruki Murakami
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We dress our garden, eat our dinners, discuss the household with our wives, and these things make no impression, are forgotten next week; but in…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Zooey said... It would be very nice to come home and be in the wrong house. To eat dinner with the wrong people by mistake,…
— J D Salinger
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And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.
— Stephen Chbosky
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When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony; when we go…
— Veronica Roth
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Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.
— Nora Roberts
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I have some questions about betrayal,†I said. “Think about this: A person who calls you his best friend, and says he has dinner plans…
— Franny Billingsley
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Don't tell us about dreams – dream dinners aren't any good and we can't share them.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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It's not about having things figured out, or about communicating with other people, trying to make them understand what you understand. It's about a chicken…
— Ann Beattie
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