“It is rarely [Americans] dine in society, except in taverns and boarding-houses. Then they eat with the greatest possible rapidity, and in total silence.” HouseSilenceEatingRestaurantsDineTavernsDine InBoarding House Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“I don't listen to music, and I don't particularly watch television, so if anyone wants to come over and just hang out with me sitting at the table in silence, you know, eating a dish of rice... I don't get too many takers.” IfsKnowsWantSilenceWatchesTelevisionEatingSittingTablesHanging OutDishesListening To MusicRice Author:Chrissie Hynde
“The depression belongs to all of us. I think of the family down the road whose mother was having a baby and they went around the neighborhood saying, "We're pregnant." I want to go around the neighborhood saying, "We're depressed." If my mum can't get out of bed in the morning, all of us feel the same. Her silence has become ours, and it's eating us alive.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsMotherSilenceMorningAliveBabyBedDepressionEatingNeighborhoodPregnantMumDown The RoadHaving A Baby Book:Saving Francesca Source: Saving Francesca
“I know how this feels: the tightening of the chest, the panic, the what-have-I-done-wait-I-was-kidding. Eating disorders linger so long undetected, eroding the body in silence, and then they strike. The secret is out. You're dying.” KnowsFeelsLongDoneBodyWaitingSecretSilenceKnow HowDyingEatingStrikesChestsDisorderPanicEating Disorder Book:Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
“reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat.” BookReadingSilenceEatingFatsChocolateSilence IsRest Of Your LifeGood BookEating Chocolate Author:Becca Fitzpatrick