Quote by Charles Dickens

“He swallowed his food this time and actually spoke instead of humphing,”

— Elle Klass

Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement. But on…

— Charles Dickens

“When one's stomach is as fluttery as all that, it is nice to take a short break to lie down and perhaps sip a…

— Lemony Snicket

“Ah! Indeed but! But he consumes too much spice, eats it like candy. Look at his eyes! He might have come directly from the…

— Frank Herbert

“With each successive pint he found that he was enjoying himself significantly less; until now he was sitting and shivering on the sidewalk outside…

— Neil Gaiman

“in the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars. Then he rapped on the door…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“The weather being hot, he had no cravat, and wore his shirt collar wide open; so that every time he spoke something was seen…

— Charles Dickens

“I was usually hungry enough to eat what I was given without comment, but if the Earl served boiled tongue or calves' foot jelly,…

— Alyxandra Harvey

“This time Ben swallowed faster as though he were ingesting his own saliva. Speed, he thought, was the secret behind the enigma of why…

— Pat Conroy

“At one chew per second, the Fletcherizing of a single bite of shallot would take more than ten minutes. Supper conversation presented a challenge.…

— Mary Roach

The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to…

— Confucius

“He was a blessing to all the juvenile part of the neighbourhood, for in summer he was for ever forming parties to eat cold…

— Jane Austen