Barbara stevens

“He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.”
― Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything,” he shouted, his thick, short arms making wide gestures of indignation, “for ’tis the only thing in this world that lasts, and don’t you be forgetting it! ’Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for — worth dying for.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
― Henry Ford