#dinner

Sitting on the porch alone, listening to them fixing supper, he felt again the indignation he had felt before, the sense of loss and the aloneness, the utter defenselessness that was each man's lot, sealed up in his bee cell from all the others in the world. But the smelling of boiling vegetables and pork reached him from the inside, the aloneness left him for a while. The warm moist smell promised other people lived and were preparing supper. He listened to the pouring and the thunder rumblings that sounded hollow like they were in a rainbarrel, shared the excitement and the coziness of the buzzing insects that had sought refuge on the porch, and now and then he slapped detachedly at the mosquitoes, making a sharp crack in the pouring buzzing silence. The porch sheltered him from all but the splashes of the drops that hit the floor and their spray touched him with a pleasant chill. And he was secure, because someewhere out beyond the wall of water humanity still existed, and was preparing supper. ↗

— James Jones

#companionship #dinner #food #hawaii #rain

In those days, between the ages of 12 and 18 you meant nothing. You were the extra place at the side table if someone came to dinner. You were of no interest to anyone. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#anyone #between #came #days #dinner

When you try on something, you have to ask yourself, 'How many ways could I wear this? Could I wear it to work? To dinner or drinks? Will it span the seasons' If you have to think too hard about those questions, then skip it. ↗

— Michael Kors

#ask #could #dinner #drinks #hard

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead. ↗

— Judith Viorst

#always #dead #dinner #either #having

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#dinner #hates #invitations #society #sort

I was going to dine at the television company’s expense with one of the most beautiful women in show business and some television producer with an inferiority complex. In my experience, there’s always a price. ↗

— V.T. Davy

#dinner #experience #price #producer #television

It is easy enough to be moral after a good dinner beside a snug coal fire, and with our hearts well warmed with fine old port. ↗

— Henry Mayhew

#beside #coal #dinner #easy #enough

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. ↗

— George Carlin

#bathroom #closest #death #dinner #dinner party

The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#afterwards #contract #dinner #first #first thing

But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning. ↗

— Katie Couric

#enjoy #hour #i #i think #interesting