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Quote by Charles Baudelaire

“I can barely conceive a type of beauty in which there is no melancholy.”

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Charles Baudelaire, a renowned French poet and literary critic, was born on April 9, 1821, and died on August 31, 1867. His poetry is known for its unique symbolism and has had a profound impact on modern literature. more

“Starla, when you work in a restaurant, it’s not called ‘pie with ice cream on top.’ It’s called pie a la mode. Try saying it one time.” “A-la-mo,” she pronounced. “There’s a good girl,” Darius said, grinning. “The next time you ask a customer if he wants some dessert, you ask him if he wants pie Alamo.”

Food Pie Ice Cream

Book:Cut

Source: Cut

“In Tuzla, erzählt sie, gebe es Kinder, die noch nie eine Portion Pommes frites gesehen haben. Hach, denke ich, so viel Elend auf der Welt. "Und Sie", frage ich, "schon mal eine Portion Pilav gesehen?" Sie stutzt. "What’s Pilav?" "Fastfood"‚ sage ich. "Landestypisch." Das habe ich von der Menütafel an der Wand in ihrem Rücken abgelesen. Sie wechselt das Thema.”

Food Prejudice Worldview Western World Bosnia And Herzegovina

Author:Juli Zeh

“This is why militarism is a feminist issue, why rape is an environmental issue, why environmental destruction is a peace issue.”

Peace Justice Environment Feminism Food Vegetarian Rape Militarism

Book:The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability

Source: The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability

“We cook, we fight, we win. That simple.”

Food

Book:Starve #4

Source: Starve #4

“Food is love," I replied. "No, babe, it ain't. But makin' it for the ones you love so they can brag about it is," Take returned.”

Food Food Love

Book:Sweet Dreams

Source: Sweet Dreams

“I will not forget the instinctive wisdom of the friend who, every day for those first few weeks, brought me a quart container of scallion-and-ginger congee from Chinatown. Congee I could eat. Congee was all I could eat.”

Death Food

Book:The Year of Magical Thinking

Source: The Year of Magical Thinking

“A good motto in life, he'd reckoned, was: don't eat anything that glows.”

Magic Food

Book:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Source: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

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