“The perfect bacon sandwich is on white bread, very soft and very thick. Sourdough with a good crust. The bacon is half way to being crispy - and there's lots of it - and enough brown sauce to trickle down your arm. You've not really enjoyed a bacon sandwich unless 10 minutes later you're still licking your wrists.” WayStillsEnoughWhitePerfectHalfMinutesArmsBreadEnjoyedBrownThickSandwichesSauceWristsHalf WayLickingTrickle DownWhite Bread Author:Howard Jacobson
“At the dinner table when I was very little, I would hear people bickering... To escape the bickering, I started modelling the soft bread with my fingers. With the dough of the French bread %u2013 sometimes it was still warm %u2013 I would make little figures. And I would line them up on the table and this was really my first sculpture.” PeopleFirstsLittlesStillsSometimesLinesFiguresTablesFingersWarmDinnerBreadSculptureBourgeoisDinner TableDoughModellingBickeringFrench Bread Author:Louise Bourgeois
“At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre is so open to experimentation and innovation that other genres reject--strangeness is our bread and butter. Spread it thick or slice it thin, it's still our staff of life.” StillsReasonStoriesChallengesFictionFantasyReaderInnovationScience FictionSpreadBreadGenreReason WhyRejectsThickStaffExperimentationStrangenessBread And ButterGenre IsScience Fiction And FantasyFantasy StoriesExperience And Learning Book:The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy Source: The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy
“I've wandered over many lands, and reaped withal no fruit, I've laid my pride of rank aside, and pressed my baffled suit, At stranger boards, like shameless crow, I've eaten bitter bread, But fierce Desire, that raging fire, still clamours to be fed.” StillsDesireFireLandPrideFruitStrangerRageBreadBitterSuitsBoardsFedsFierceCrowShamelessBaffledClamour Author:Bhartrhari