“Life is a series of boring interludes between meals.”
“Life for the Italians was what it was, no more and no less, an interlude between meals”
“A pacifist between wars is like a vegetarian between meals.”
“Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals”
“We can't imagine anything more boring than to live with someone who doesn't care about food or eating or sharing meals.”
“Life is monotonous enough at best; you have to eat and sleep about so often. But imagine how DEADLY monotonous it would be if nothing unexpected could happen between meals.”