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“I’m worried that the chicken may be overcooked …’ she said as she served Maigret. And her tone was the one in which she might…

— Georges Simenon

“JUDGE LITTLEFIELD (rising): Right … Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, at this time, I must excuse myself from these proceedings until such time…

— Stephen Adly Guirgis

“Ian’s method of dealing with Sir Francis Belhaven—who, his grandfather had discovered, was boasting that Elizabeth had spent several days with him—was less subtle…

— Judith McNaught

“You are such a woman! A man knows not at what ward you lie. CRESSIDA Upon my back, to defend my belly; upon my…

— William Shakespeare

“That she made a point to eat only the gristliest chicken bits, the burned biscuits, the mealiest potatoes, while she complained that his children…

— Paul Harding

“No one seems to criticize the pastoral functions of baptizing or marrying, but warning against carnality and exposing lukewarmness are not readily received!”

— Frank Damazio

“This torture inflicted on her by my great-aunt, the sight of my grandmother's vain entreaties, of her feeble attempts, doomed in advance, to remove…

— Marcel Proust

“But your lordship knows very well that I am not attached to the soil in a vulgar manner, like a serf. Still, I have…

— George Bernard Shaw

A very special case. A few years more, and that pretty creature who you love too much, I think, will, without ever loving them,…

— Rachilde

“...she has been bewitched by a wicked sorceress, and will not regain her beauty until she is my wife.' 'Does she say so? Well…

— Andrew Lang

“With brief amusement, she recalled how she'd assumed a rogue of his decadent reputation would be pale and weak from too many late nights,…

— Anna Campbell

“It’s more an affliction than the expression of any high-minded ideals. I watch Mark Bittman enjoy a perfectly and authentically prepared Spanish paella on…

— Anthony Bourdain