Bob Eckstein > Quotes

“People imagined the Cockaigne ("Land of Plenty") menu as full of delectable meats such as hare, deer and wild boar . all which let themselves be caught. Grilled fish leaped out of rivers of wine onto your plate. Roast geese waddled down streets paved in pastry, just begging to be eaten. Flying pigs and buttered birds fell from the sky like rain, directly into people's mouths. People lived in edible houses made of pancake roofs and walls made of sausage.”
― Bob Eckstein, The History of the Snowman: From the Ice Age to the Flea Market

“He could sell snow to an Eskimo.
--Overheard in a Real Estate Office”
― Bob Eckstein, The History of the Snowman: From the Ice Age to the Flea Market