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Quote by M. F. K. Fisher

“A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.”

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M. F. K. Fisher, an American renowned food writer, was born on July 3, 1908, and passed away on June 22, 1992. Her works are known for their deep exploration of the relationship between food and human emotions, culture, and society. more

“Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she is a singularly blessed and accepting child, delighted with life exactly as life presents itself to her, unafraid to go to sleep and unafraid to wake up. Keepers of private notebooks are a different breed altogether, lonely and resistant rearrangers of things, anxious malcontents, children afflicted apparently at birth with some presentiment of loss.”

Source: Slouching towards Bethlehem

“You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.”

Knows Art Order Know How

Book:Children of the Mind

Source: Children of the Mind

“won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.”

Kind Made Hands Born Models Everyday Celebrate Made It Bridges Clay Kill Me Babylon Hand Holding

Book:The Book of Light

Source: The Book of Light

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