“Nothing was like knowing you were the appetizer for a feast of orgy, that you were what whetted the guests and enticed them to devour.”
“It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.”
“I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place.”
“This is what people were looking at all day? How embarrassing! I looked like Quasimodo! My guests were exceptional actors.”
“You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.”
“The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook”