we make no attempt to glorify our meal preparations, for no Gaian would eat except that one must. You did not enjoy this meal, Pel? Trev? Well, meals are not to enjoy.

The timing of the check coming at the end of the meal makes no sense. 'Cause that's when the food is the least interesting to you.

and that's not what'
ll satisfy
my hunger no
that's not
what
'll ease
my mind
no
that's not it.

You get so frightfully hungry as soon as you learn that there are no more meals coming.

The time for eating otrach orach is over. But not the hunger, which is always greater than we are.

The husband starts complaining about a meal that is not to his liking. Developed people would set aside what they do not like, and eat the rest. Can this not be done? That is a family life.

"You've got to learn to leave the table
When love's no longer being served".

My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week.

I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.

If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I’m going to eat meat; that’s how much I hate Morrissey. (Q, May 1989)

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table.

I know now it doesn't matter how well I say grace
if I am sitting at a table where I am offering no bread to eat

There was no time for bitterness now: eat bitterness, and bitterness eats you.