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M.F.K. Fisher has 70 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.
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For me, a plain baked potato is the most delicious one....It is soothing and enough.
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In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as…
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There are may of us who cannot but feel dismal about the future of various cultures. Often it is hard not to…
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Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into…
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Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic…
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There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer…
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. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill…
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Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper. I'll not…
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I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to, and it…
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Painting, it is true, was undergoing a series of -isms reminiscent of the whims of a pregnant woman.
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It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of…
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Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold…
— Pearl S. Buck
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Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like…
— Wallace Stevens
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Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into…
— M.F.K. Fisher
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When the only form of cultural commentary Christians offer is moral condemnation, no wonder we come across to non-believers as angry and…
— Nancy Pearcey
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One thing about my Aunt Nadie: She was gruff on the outside, but if you ever needed something, like a spanking or…
— Jack Handey
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What elevates the human soul and empowers it to live in the fullness of its created purpose is not religious intimidation or…
— Sam Storms
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Rash and incessant scolding runs into custom and renders itself despised.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior,…
— Brigham Young
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Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
— Mason Cooley
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After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And…
— Charlotte Gray
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When she can't bring me to heal with scolding, she bends me to shape with guilt.
— Libba Bray
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I have always been the dunce, the never-do-well of the family, I've always have to pay double for my deeds, first with…
— Anne Frank
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