Brotherhood Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Eating, and hospitality in general, is a communion, and any meal worth attending by yourself is improved by the multiples of those with whom…

— Jesse Browner

Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.…

— Nancy Gibbs

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

— Thomas C Foster

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

— George Herbert

A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety,…

— Margaret Visser

“All the episodes from my stories and novels are not about food only, but about meals. You can eat food by yourself. A meal,…

— Wendell Berry

To eat together is one of the greatest promoters of intimacy. It is the satisfaction in common of a material necessity of existence, and…

— George Sand

“It was not that long ago that dinner had meant swallowing down whatever you could get your filthy hands on. . . Dinner meant…

— Jo Baker

Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine…

— Sally Quinn

The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements - people invited alphabetically, or to pay off…

— Ward McAllister

A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining…

— Elise M. Boulding

Making a good meal for someone, even if it is nothing complicated, is an expression of love: it is an invitation to share, for…

— Ben Domenech