Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

Quote by M F K Fisher

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Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged...

It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant,...

It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant,...

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or...

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged...

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged...

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it...

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it...

I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines...

I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines...

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is...

War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is...

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine...

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine...

When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for...

When I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

My stories run up and bite me on the leg-I respond by writing down everything...

My stories run up and bite me on the leg-I respond by writing down everything...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.