Dumplings Quote by Fannie Flagg

“The dumplings had the flavor of paradise, and the broth spread through my veins like a secret that's fun to keep.”

— Lemony Snicket

“She sat them down with bottles of water and went to the nearest houses where she had been raiding. She came back with a…

— Meg Elison

“She was all-out, delighted enthusiasm, like a stupid, bubbling stream, and the guy would just cup that in his hands for the hell of…

— Laura Florand

“He was so close to her then that they owned every molecule of air in the tiny room and the air grew heavy with…

— Ann Patchett

“...which she had spent long and happy hours releasing from their shells, with crazy dedication, because the shelling of pine-kernels is a form of…

— Salman Rushdie

“The air was fresh, nothing like the circulated air on the spaceship. Hell, she was just glad she hadn’t dropped dead stepping off the…

— Zoey Draven

“It was deeper than some boy thinking she was cute. It was more like she was food and he was hungry. It was as…

— Randy Russell

“but when I told her they didn’t cost one penny and were very nutritious (I made that part up, but I’m sure it must…

— Ruth Reichl

“The dead leaves fly. They're cropped and gathered to the rich barn of the earth.”

— Jim Crace

“Yeah. I'm the fly in the soup. I don't like it any better than you do. Flies don't like being swamped in soup, especially…

— Rex Stout

“Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“She was like quicksand-the more I struggled to get out, the faster I sank. So I'd decided to give up and embrace the sink…

— Kelley R. Martin