Crisis Quote by Jenny Downham

There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.

— Emily Giffin

She used to diet on any kind of food she could lay her hands on.

— Arthur Baer

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, food was more important than a woman's suffering.

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“Cooking and eating were growing to irritate her with their relentless necessity.”

— China Miéville

On her extreme thinness during her 'Ally McBeal' years: "I started under-eating, over-exercising, pushing myself too hard and brutalizing my immune system. I guess…

— Calista Flockhart

“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

Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis.

— Jane Fonda

She did not so much cook as assassinate food.

— Storm Jameson

I think she ate a salad and some soup. And loneliness. She ate that, too.

— Markus Zusak

“Food was a responsibility, a ward she was determined to go by, ... She'd force herself through to the last forkful even to the…

— Lionel Shriver

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

— Lisa Alther

“She almost refused the food, but refusing something that might aid her in the end was simply foolish.”

— Erica Stevens