Ambition Quote by Gertrude Atherton

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

— George Crabbe

Incense. Books. Just weird.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I do think there is continuing sense in people buying recipe books from somebody they trust.

— Rick Stein

Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't.

— Thomas Keller

Do you know that books smell like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land? I loved to smell them when I was a…

— Ray Bradbury

If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal! I sometimes…

— Julien Green

Too many books are full of recipes that aren't doable at home. They are purely aspirational. They are quite frightening, even for me.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that…

— Claire Messud

I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to engage deeply…

— Catherine Mayer

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.

— Alain de Botton

For one thing, I know every book of mine by its scent.

— George Gissing

For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.

— Anne Lamott