“You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food...”
Source: The Briar Club
“Pie is good any time of the day.”
Source: Magic Hour
“Quiero hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos”
“Reine-Marie was already up. She'd been out to the shops along rue Rambuteau, and brought back fresh croissants from their favourite patisserie, Pain de Sucre. He followed the scent of strong, rich coffee into the kitchen and saw cheese and raspberries and ripe pears on the table. Along with the croissants. And a pain aux raisins, bought with Stephen the day before.”
Source: All the Devils Are Here
“Controlled mentalization, identification and understanding of emotional reactions, and emotional regulation are significant problems for eating-disordered patients. In general, bulimia nervosa patients show problems in emotional hyperarousal and flooding. The opposite, a dominance of detached and flattened effect, is typically seen in patients with anorexia nervosa.”
Source: Psychoanalytic Treatment of Eating Disorders
“…interoceptive confusion and body image distortions are forms of impaired embodied mentalizing and expressions of pre-mentalistic thinking. For example, psychic equivalence demonstrates how patients’ painful self and affect states are expressed though extreme body hatred and the mistaken belief that being “skinny” will bring them self-acceptance, "confidence," and agency. The teleological stance explains the obsessive drive for thinness as a method to obtain self-acceptance and the approval of others. In short, subjugation of the body is a confused attempt to gain mastery and control over feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of self-worth.”
Source: Psychoanalytic Treatment of Eating Disorders
“Hypermentalization, frequently seen in patients with bulimia nervosa, is when the patient is so outer-directed that she is prone to obsessively interpreting others' minds but not in an accurate way. Hypermentalized fantasies about another's mind is an effort to meet and satisfy that person's perceived desires and needs (Buhl, 2002; Skarderud, 2007), and based on inaccurate interpretations of self/other mental states because of attachment anxieties. Similarly, pseudo-mentalizing is when the patient appears to be expressing or talking about feelings and thoughts, but the narrative lacks emotional connection. instead, words and expressions are empty of meaning and serve to defend against feelings of worthlessness, insignificance, or desolation (Skarderud & Fonagy, 2012).”
Source: Psychoanalytic Treatment of Eating Disorders
“...humans have evolved a desire to consume animal protein, and they are not going to lose that desire. As such, it is wrong-and likely suboptimal to our well-being-to expect us all to become strict vegans. 56 That is simply a fact for which there is anatomical, physiological, morphological (cranial and dental), paleobiological, parasitological, archaeological, cross-cultural, anthropological, nutritional, genomic, genetical, medical, sexual, and psychological data to support my argument.”
Source: The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
“La verità è che alla fine ciò che ci lega più stretti alla carne è la piccola galassia dei nostri egoismi.
The truth in the end is that what connects us closely to meat is the little galaxy of our selfishness.”
Source: Ho mangiato troppa carne: Perché mangiamo animali e cosa succederà se non smettiamo di farlo
“I’m not a lady. I’m a soldier. A soldier who ate grilled pork from a local roadside stand, which makes me a stupid soldier.”
Source: The Weight of Command