“If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the joy of taking tickets for a play, dining well, sitting on after dinner, and finally not going at all. That, of course, is very heaven.” IfsWellsEndsPlayMightEarthJoyCoursesHeavenPleasureSittingTheaterLeavingDinnerTicketsDining Book:High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic Source: High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic
“[Final diary entry:] Occupation is essential. And now with some pleasure I find that it's seven; and must cook dinner. Haddock and sausage meat. I think it is true that one gains a certain hold on sausage and haddock by writing them down.” ThinkingWritingCertainPleasureEssentialsGainsSevenFinalsDinnerCooksMeatOccupationDiariesEntrySausageDiary Entries Author:Virginia Woolf
“The guardian and arbiter of superlative eating, with every meal an unforgettable experience in pleasure, starting with the soup, which he said, 'must be the agent provocateur of a good dinner.'” SaidPleasureEatingStartingDinnerAgentsMealsSoupGuardianUnforgettableArbiterSuperlatives Author:Marie-Antoine Careme