Beast Quote by James Joyce

“He lay back for a little in his bed thinking about the smells of food… of the intoxicating breath of bakeries and dullness of…

— Evelyn Waugh

“Without another word, we began to eat. I was hungry, but no appetite would excuse the way we set upon those dishes. We shoveled…

— Eli Brown

“Theodore took his seat between Nicholas and Lydia, while John, the footman, removed the dome lid of the tureen by its acorn finial, and…

— Janet Gleeson

“She spread her arms wide to encompass the old pine table they had painted robin's egg blue, lightly sanding it in places so the…

— Linda Francis Lee

In the light of what Proust wrote with so mild a stimulus, it is the world's loss that he did not have a heartier…

— A. J. Liebling

“The banquet proceeded. The first course, a mince of olives, shrimp and onions baked in oyster shells with cheese and parsley was followed by…

— Jack Vance

“While Mr Loveday aired my lady's sheets, I set to scratching up a supper. With not even time to change from my own damp…

— Martine Bailey

“Mmmmmm, said Ardent [the Royal Dog]. He liked cooked food. Also raw food and semicooked food, and things that might be food and so…

— Garth Nix

“A stew of potatoes, kidney beans, and chopped greens and onions simmered atop the small cast-iron range. The appetizing scent filled the cottage and…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Hugo planned a five-course meal: smoked duck, oyster stew, roast beef with mashed yams, a salad of apples with beets and blue cheese, then…

— Julia Glass

“Now alongside Scovell, John eased preserved peaches out of galliot pots of syrup and picked husked walnuts from puncheons of salt. He clarified butter…

— Lawrence Norfolk

“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled…

— Kenneth Grahame