Fruit Quotes

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The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary requirements of vegetarians, on the first Tuesday… — Jasper Fforde
Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen. — Alexandre Dumas
Men who have created new fruits in the world cannot create a system whereby those fruits may be eaten. — John Steinbeck
Food for her is not food, it is terror, dignity, gratitude, vengeance, joyfulness, humiliation, religion, history, and, of course, love. As if the fruit she… — Jonathan Safran Foer
One is seduced and battered in turn. The result is presumably wisdom. Wisdom! We are clinging to life like lizards. Why is it so difficult… — James Salter
Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit. — Nikos Kazantzakis
Well then," Roen said briskly, "are you sleeping?" "Yes." "Come now. A mother can tell when her son lies. Are you eating?" "No," Brigan said… — Kristin Cashore
I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
A message came from my youth of vanished days, saying, 'I wait for you among the quivering of unborn May, where smiles ripen for tears… — Rabindranath Tagore
Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones. — Anna Quindlen
Gemma~Was he really looking at me that way? Kartik~What way? Gemma~Like a piece of ripe fruit? Katrik~You'd best be on your guard with him. — Libba Bray
Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin… — Charles Finch
I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit. — Jane Austen
Doughboy," I said. "What is this scroll?" "A spell lost in time!" he pronounced. "Ancient words of tremendous power!" "Well?" I demanded. "Does it tell… — Rick Riordan
...when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout… — Dave Barry
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.â€ â€œLove has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like… — Khalil Gibran
She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had… — Orson Scott Card
Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter. — Flannery O'Connor
Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand. — Pam MuÃ±oz Ryan
Back up shall we? When my brother, the crazy chicken warrior, turned into a falcon and went up the pyramidâ€™s chimney with his new friend,… — Rick Riordan

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