Toast Quotes

“My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

“When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender, of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.”
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

“Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in verbal form the sins and crimes of their past lives. Toast was a ritual item devoured by fetishists in the belief that it would enhance their kinetic and sexual powers. Toast cannot be explained by any rational means.

Toast is me.

I am toast.”
― Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

“A glass poured to air for the one who sits with us unseen; the patron and protector, the Crooked Warden, the Father of Necessary Pretexts.

Thanks for deep pockets poorly guarded.

Thanks for watchmen asleep at their posts.

Thanks for the city to nurture us and the night to hide us.

Thanks for friends to help us spend the loot.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side ..."

(Englishman in New York)”
― Sting, Nothing Like the Sun

“To the confusion of our enemies.”
― J. Robert Oppenheimer

“I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table." Macbeth”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
Custards for supper, and an endless host
Of syllabubs and jellies and mincepies,
And other such ladylike luxuries.”
― Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poems

“Hear, hear.' Sister Martha hoisted her water glass. 'Let the rigid stick of self-righteousness be dislodged from her very uptight ass.'
Father Ramon coughed.
'A-fucking-men,' Loup supplied helpfully.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Santa Olivia

“Had she been born 500 years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. Tendrils of bright red hair framed her face, a spray of freckles powdered her nose, and she was as plump as a perfectly ripened peach. Raphael probably would have painted out the freckles, and that would have been a mistake. Like brushing cinnamon off cinnamon toast.”
― E. L. Konigsburg

“Friendship is the best kind of ship.”
― Jennifer Lane, Streamline

“Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man.”
― Julia Quinn, How to Marry a Marquis

“Askade took the battertoast, looked at it blearily. "I can't rewire it into a death ray without some extra parts," he said, and took a bite. "Hm. Tastes okay. What's the problem?”
― John M. Ford, How Much for Just the Planet?

“I got the idea of Loving from a manservant in the Fire Service during the war. He was serving with me in the ranks, and he told me he had once asked the elderly butler who was over him what the old boy most liked in the world. The reply was: ‘Lying in bed on a summer morning, with the window open, listening to the church bells, eating buttered toast with cunty fingers.’ I saw the book in a flash.”
― Henry Green

“The more glucose we deliver to our body, the more often glycation happens. Once a molecule is glycated, it's damaged forever - which is why you can't untoast a piece of bread. The long term consequences of glycated molecules range from wrinkles and cataracts to heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. Since browning is aging and aging is browning, slowing down the browning reaction in your body leads to a longer life.”
― Jessie Inchauspé, Glucose Revolution By Jessie Inchauspe, The Age-Well Plan By Susan Saunders, Tasty & Healthy: F*ck That's Delicious By Iota 3 Books Collection Set

“To the incompetence of our enemies.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Can I propose a toast to the fragility of life and the weight of mortality?”
― Ryan Gelpke, Peruvian Nights

“To you,” she said. “For being absolutely unstoppable.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“I am surprised when he turns to me, eyes blazing. It feels as though the room is empty but for us. He lifts his glass anew, mouth curving in to a mockery of a smile. 'And to Jude, who gave me a gift tonight. One that I plan to repay in kind.'

I try not to visibly flinch as glasses lift around me.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Teddy goes to the kitchen and comes back with a plate of snack toast for her, which is something they used to make when they were younger---toast spread with mayo, topped with crumbled bacon and chopped onion, sprinkled with Lawry's seasoned salt and Swiss cheese and placed under the broiler until it's melted and crispy. It is one of the most delicious things Jane has ever eaten.”
― Jennifer Close, Marrying the Ketchups

“May your days be filled with adventure, your nights with good company and romance, and may you never cease chasing the wonders of enlightenment and knowledge. Cheers!”
― Bradley Lilly, The Bravest: A Fireman's Tale

“Here’s to doing more than surviving. Here’s to loving, dreaming, achieving, wishing, playing, saying no when you needed to, saying yes when you wanted to, and living.

Here’s to you, you incredible human you.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker

“Are ya havin' a Heart Attack, a Stroke - Do Ya Smell Toast”
― Kris Courtney, Florida Retirement Is Murder

“To the Emperor of Eyes! To the Ruler of the Unseen! To the Protector of the Cottage!”
― Pirateaba, Rains of Liscor

“A toast to his joy, and a moment of silence for the last of his sanity and sleep!”
― inspiration_assaulted, The Bone Man

“For every day I have known her, she has eaten the same breakfast: sourdough toast with butter and whipped honey. She slices the golden brown toasted bread into four small squares and places them on a paper towel she has folded in half. A generous smear of softened butter goes on each piece, as thick as frosting on a cupcake, and each is then topped by a good-size dollop of whipped honey. As a child, I watched her do this hundreds of times, and now, when I'm sick, sourdough toast with butter and honey is like medicine.”
― Sarah Jio, The Violets of March

“There are Good Ships, there Wood Ships, there are Ships that sail the sea. The best Ships are Friendships, and may they always be!”
― Jenn McKinlay, Paris is Always a Good Idea

“To the King and His Kingdom!”
― Robin Jones Gunn, Tea with Elephants

“There is a famous Cambridge toast that I have always liked: “God bless the higher mathematics, and may they never be of the slightest use to anybody”.”
― John Buchan, The Interpreter's House - The Chancellor's Installation Address Delivered Before the University of Edinburgh, July 20th 1938

“Cassie cut off a piece of the salmon salad toast, making sure to capture a generous heap of greens, capers, and bright orange roe. "This looks amazing," she said before bringing the bite to her mouth. She felt the small beads of roe popping, releasing their bright, briny liquid, which perfectly cut the mayonnaise-rich smoked salmon salad.”
― Emily Arden Wells, Eat Post Like