Quotes About Nourishment

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.

It makes sense that the placenta almost looks like a tree with many branches - a tree of life.

"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

I couldn't live where there were no trees--something vital in me would starve.

All true opinions are living, and show their life by being capable of nourishment; therefore of change. But their change is that of a tree not of a cloud.

Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat.

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.

The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.

Saltwater gargles. Lemon and honey. A drop of ipecac on the tongue. Hot milk at bedtime.

One took slippery elm and let it lie in milk until it became soft. This applied to the burns enabled to sleep better at night.

We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

feeding a pregnant woman was akin to feeding God

I need my food to keep my energy up, so I can't really diet.

Yes, we do need love just as we need food and water, but there is a difference. Food and water are elements of the earth that sustain our physical bodies, whereas love is the language of G-d, which sustains our soul.

God liked eggs in the morning. It didn't really matter which kind. Poached, fried, scrambled. Sometimes he had them bring him what he called a bird's nest: a piece of toast with an egg stuck in the middle.

Yes, blood is thicker than water, but without water blood gets dry.

There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me: Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love.

Whatever pains disease may bring Are but the tangy seasoning To Loves delicious fare.

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.

Love is healing. Love is comforting. Love is holy. Food can be all those things, too.

I need to write about love. I need to think and think and write about love-otherwise, my soul won't survive.