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“Those magazine dieting stories always have the testimonial of a woman who wore a dress that could slipcover New Jersey in one photo and thirty days later looked like a well-dressed thermometer.”

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Author:Erma Bombeck

“...I prefer not to have among my guests two people or more, of any sex, who are in the first wild tremours of love. It is better to invite them after their new passion has settled, has solidified into a quieter reciprocity of emotions. (It is also a waste of good food, to serve it to new lovers.)”

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Book:The Art of Eating

Source: The Art of Eating

“Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and as with sex, it's more fun with someone who really likes it. I can't imagine having a lasting friendship with anyone who is not interested in food.”

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Author:Alan King

“The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest.”

“The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.”

“One more drink and I'll be under the host.”

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Author:Mae West

“Sometimes the way to a man's heart is through his talleywacker.”

“Let the revolting distinction of rich and poor disappear once and for all, the distinction of great and small, of masters and valets, of governors and governed. Let there be no other differences between human beings than those of age and sex. Since all have the same needs and the same faculties, let there be one education for all, one food for all.”

“The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”

Source: Ruth Hall and Other Writings

“Love is an ice cream sundae, with all the marvelous coverings. Sex is the cherry on top.”

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Author:Jimmy Dean

“Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one.”

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Author:L. M. Boyd

“He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes when they were really hungry they created vast banquets in their imagination - but at the end of the day they'd settle quite happily for egg and chips. If it was well done and maybe had a slice of tomato.”

“Our brains, like rat brains, are wired so that food and sex give us little bursts of dopamine, the neurotransmitter that is the brains's way of making un enjoy the activities that are good for the survival of our genes.”

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Book:The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

“Pleasure is often felt through the tongue or genitals as an attempt to distract oneself from the pain one is feeling through the heart.”

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Book:P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

“Almost every variation of Christianity had been in the business of suppressing sex and its enjoyment, but suppressed desires didn’t just disappear. They festered. They created guilt and shame and, in the worst cases, deviancy. We weren’t ashamed to enjoy food and alcohol in moderation—why were we so afraid of sex?”

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Book:Priest

Source: Priest