John Bregenzer

“All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.”
― Blaise Pascal

“He draws asparagus and cabbages, but he's obsessed with artichokes. He draws them more than any other vegetable. Why artichokes?"
George drained his glass. "The artichoke is a sexy beast. Thorns to cut you, leaves to peel, lighter and lighter as you strip away the outer layers, until you reach the soft heart's core.”
― Allegra Goodman, The Cookbook Collector

“We live in a nation of pigs and murderers.”
― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk

“Nowadays silence is looked on as odd and most of my race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by saying little. Now tongues work all day by themselves with no help from the mind.”
― Toni Morrison, Love