"Too few of us, perhaps, feel that breaking……" — M.F.K. Fisher
"Too few of us, perhaps, feel that breaking of bread, the sharing of salt, the common dipping into one bowl, mean more than satisfaction of a need. We make such primal things as casual as tunes heard over a radio, forgetting the mystery and strength in both."
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68 Quotes by M.F.K. Fisher
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