Smorgasbord Quotes

“I’m engaged in the dance of the ages and the search for a song to go with it. Though Templeton’s A Veritable Smorgasbord is a well-deserving classic, it’s a stanza too short for my morphing existence. So I write my own.”
― Chila Woychik, On Being a Rat and Other Observations

“Their menu points out that: "It took Vikings many centuries to create the smorgasbord. It brings you the fish of the sea, the meats of the range... the fruits of the land and the wings of the sky in a gracious gesture of hospitality and welcomes you to the meal that follows....”
― William C. Speidel, Jr., You Can't Eat Mount Ranier

“When you get to the Food Hall, you eat and you drink.
You're starving by the time you arrive, so you pretty much stuff your face with everything.
Pomegranate pips. Mushroom caps. Blood-red wine.
Soda pop. Cinnabuns. Spicy Girl rolls.
This thing you had once on vacation with your parents, at a bed-and-breakfast that hasn't been there for a decade. This other thing you couldn't have eaten while you were alive, even if you wanted to, because the restaurant that makes it won't open for years.
That's the cool thing about the Food Hall. It serves, like, everything. Anything. Whatever you want. Whatever you feel. It's full of coffee shops and grocery stores and restaurants. There's bodegas and clam bakes and a whole island of cheese. Imagined places to hit up for imaginary meals. Carbon copies of your favorites from the Living world.
It's endless. All-you-can-eat. Edible Eden, basically.
And it's all there to feed you because that's the whole reason the Food Hall exists--- to nourish the spirits of the Afterlife. To help us get full so we can move On to our next lives.”
― Daria Lavelle, Aftertaste