Air Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Of course. We’ve been monitoring these cucumbers very closely and move in as soon as they start to approach the magic fifty-kilo mark to…

— Jasper Fforde

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay,…

— Marcus Aurelius

Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns my heart…

— Amy Hempel

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around them. That's all you need to know.…

— Marcus Aurelius

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.

— Marcus Aurelius

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

— Samuel Johnson

How my son discovered vegetables was from growing them in the garden.

— Michael Pollan

In the last analysis, a pickle is a cucumber with experience.

— Irena Chalmers

“Root shook his head. “Pickles are cucumbers soaked in evil,” he said with his mouth full. “I refuse to associate them with my cooking.”

— Shay Lynam

“We’ve been lucky. The autumn happened to be dry and warm. We managed to dig the potatoes before the rain and cold set in.…

— Boris Pasternak

“All at once the hard, cold earth seemed to explode. The brown surface of the world dissolved and in its place was an impossible,…

— Lauren Oliver

“In the kitchen he ate a pear. It occurred to him that, though he had eaten hundreds of pears in the past, if not…

— Amelia Gray