Author: Laurie Colwin

Quotes

Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There is something almost miraculous in that.

Not everyone can write a book or paint a picture or write a symphony, but almost anyone can fall in love. There is something almost miraculous in that.

- Laurie Colwin

The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.

The thing about homebodies is that they can usually be found at home. I usually am, and I like to feed people.

- Laurie Colwin

The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.

The fact is that modern life has deprived us of life's one great luxury: time.

- Laurie Colwin

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.

- Laurie Colwin

It is not just the Great Works of mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they serve it.

It is not just the Great Works of mankind that make a culture. It is the daily things, like what people eat and how they serve it.

- Laurie Colwin

The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.

The best way to feel at ease in the kitchen is to learn at someone's knee.

- Laurie Colwin

I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in.

I love to eat out, but even more, I love to eat in.

- Laurie Colwin

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

- Laurie Colwin

My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me.

My idea of a good time abroad is to visit someone's house and hang out, poking into their cupboards if they will let me.

- Laurie Colwin

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