It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.

M. F. K. Fisher · The Gastronomical Me (1943)

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M. F. K. Fisher · An Alphabet for Gourmets (1949), A is for Dining Alone

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.

M. F. K. Fisher · The Gastronomical Me (1943), foreword

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I wrote your name in the sky, but the wind blew it away. I wrote your name in the sand, but the waves washed it away. I wrote your name in my heart, and forever it will stay.

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I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as much as you are.

Henrik Ibsen · The source reads: “Helmer: First and foremost, you are a wife and mother. Nora: That I don't believe any more. I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as much as you are.” · A Doll's House (1879), act III, Nora to Helmer

I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.

Julius Caesar · On divorcing Pompeia, the origin of “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion”

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“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.”

“Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.”

“There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.”

“I wrote your name in the sky, but the wind blew it away. I wrote your name in the sand, but the waves washed it away. I wrote your name in my heart, and forever it will stay.”

“I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as much as you are.”

“I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.”