Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Download Open image ““He was a portly man, aslop in coffee and gravid with Danish pastry.”” — Kurt Vonnegut ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Danish. I’d come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“You just ruined a perfectly delicious Danish!” I squawk at him. “Man,” he laughs, “note to self, don't mess with Elle’s pastries.” I scrape… — K. Larsen Copy Share Image
“The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“I wish I could say he was a French professor, a French chef, or even a bilingual tutor, but I can’t. He worked in… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“Each time he uttered the word ‘Monsieur’ in his mild, compassionable voice, the man’s face lighted up. The courtesy, to the ex-convict, was like… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He walked to Brooks’s, intending to drink a glass of port, eat a joint of beef, and read the Times. But even at his… — Laura Lee Guhrke Copy Share Image
“He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“He blushed to see other Frenchmen overcome with joy whenever they met a compatriot abroad. The would fall on each other, cluster in a raucous group, and pass whole evenings complaining about the barbarity of the locals. These were the few who actually noticed that locals did things differently. Others managed to travel so ‘covered and wrapped in a taciturn… — Sarah Bakewell Copy Share
“I was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges whenever mere… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“It was as if the air was fragranced with potential and the coffee flavoured with facts.” — Elise K. Ackers Copy Share Image
“You must bloom as a writer and I must bloom as a painter. Everything else about us is uninteresting.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain wrote in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I had a certain amount of skill as a dramatist, and Dr. Goebbels wanted me to use it” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The town was Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Like all Earthlings at the point of death, Mary Young sent faint reminders of herself to those who had known her. She released a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And contrast Mary Kathleen, if you will, with my wife Ruth, the Ophelia of the death camps, who believed that even the most intelligent… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image