“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.”

“Reading without eating food is like Person standing in a war without weapons.”

“Sucking your thumb without a blanket is like eating a cone without ice cream!”

“I ate and drank slowly as one should (cook fast, eat slowly) and without distractions such as (thank heavens) conversation or reading. Indeed eating is so pleasant one should even try to suppress thought. Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Every meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.”

“To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.”

“I am a man without many pleasures in life, a man whose few pleasures are small, but a man whose small pleasures are very important to him. One of them is eating. One reading. Another reading while eating.”