Author: Laurie Colwin

Quotes

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

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

The sharing of food is the basis of social life.

- 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

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 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

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

We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.

We know that without food we would die. Without fellowship, life is not worth living.

- Laurie Colwin

Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home.

Unlike some people who love to go out, I love to stay home.

- Laurie Colwin

Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.

Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.

- Laurie Colwin

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