cookbook

friendship

morality

salad

soup

tomato

nationality

American

cause of death

natural causes

occupation / innovator as

novelist

 hits one where one lives. It provides comfort, security, and food, in a nice, gentle way that makes one feel loved.

Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do you want those basic things fixed, you want it done in a really nice, gentle way that makes you feel loved. That's a big desire, and cookbooks say to the person reading them, 'If you will read me, you will be able to do this for yourself and for others. You will make everybody feel better.'

is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.

is there to help you be good when you're not very nice.

That was what a moral system was: it helped you be good when you weren't very nice.

is often eaten dutifully because one feels it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.

Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.

is all you really need to feel safe and warm on a cold wet night.

To feel sat\fe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.

is all important. A world without them is like a string quartet without violins.

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

Laurie Colwin

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