“People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object of that activity is pleasure. ...People understand the meaning of art only when they cease to consider that the aim of that activity is beauty, i.e., pleasure.” PeopleArtBodyLyingPleasureObjectsActivityEatingAimCeaseNourishmentMeaning Of Art Author:Leo Tolstoy
“... most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak. What is more, they need a steak. Preferably they need it rare, grilled, heavily salted, for that way it is most easily digested, and most quickly turned into the glandular whip their tired adrenals cry for.” WayWantNeedsSoulPrayerGriefCryEatingTiredCraveTangibleWhipsNourishmentSteak Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.” LittlesSometimesFoundPracticeActivityEatingSoupDiplomacyNourishmentForks Author:Sheri S. Tepper