Candlelight Quote by Sally Quinn

Dinners are defined as 'the ultimate act of communion;' men that can have communion in nothing else, can sympathetically eat together, can still rise…

— Thomas Carlyle

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy.

— Anonymous

“Most sacraments are acts of breathtaking simplicity: a simple prayer, a sip of wine and a piece of bread, a single breath in meditation,…

— Mark Nepo

The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting rid of…

— Brooks Atkinson

I don't do dinner parties. I have people come to share the food I've cooked for the family.

— A. A. Gill

Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.

— Thomas C Foster

To me, it's a religious experience to sit down at anyone's table. I feel so invited, like it's a sacred place.

— Debi Mazar

I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Every sacrament meeting ought to be a spiritual feast.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small…

— Tom Ford

Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

— Julian Baggini

If you're going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work, but it's…

— John Tiffany