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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Mahatma GandhiAfter a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
Oscar WildeIce cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
VoltaireYour body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
Anthony BourdainHow can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
Charles de GaulleIf more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
JRR TolkienOne cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
Virginia WoolfTis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
William ShakespeareEverything you see, I owe to spaghetti.
Sophia LorenAsk not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
Orson WellesLife is a combination of magic and pasta.
Federico FelliniIf you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him...the people who give you their food give you their heart.
Cesar ChavezThere is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t, and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will.
Robert FrostAll you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.
Charles M Schulz
(This story appears in the 27 September, 2019 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)