Quotes About Chocolates

Without Valentine's Day, February would be... well, January.

I did get Tom Hanks to say, Life is just a box of chocolates.

It's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland.

Incidentally, it's best not to argue with the nursing staff. I find the best course of action is to throw some chocolates in one direction and hurry off in the other while their attention is distracted.

After 1492 the world's ecosystems collided and mixed as European vessels carried thousands of species to new homes across the oceans. The Columbian Exchange, as Crosby called it, is the reason there are tomatoes in Italy, oranges in the United States, chocolates in Switzerland, and chili peppers in Thailand. To ecologists, the Columbian Exchange is arguably the most important event since the death of the dinosaurs.

The good thing is, the season of chocolates is during the cold months. During the cold months, I can send ground.

Life is like a box of chocolates, loaded with surprises, some delightful and some downright disagreeable. The yummy ones, of course, are easy to swallow, but the yucky ones are sometimes hard to stomach.

He brought over a gold box and opened it. Inside were chocolates wrapped in foil. Billy sat down close to me. "Life," he said, "is like a box of bonbons. Some dark with chocolate filling; some with cherries. But you never know till you open the silver wrapper what life holds for you." He held my hand and squeezed it. I squeezed back.

Valentine's Day is different for old people. At this age I receive chocolates in boxes shaped like artificial hearts.

I love flowers, even on normal days, so they are a must-have on Valentine's. Ditto for chocolates.

Every Valentine's Day, I pretend I don't care. Like many of us, I say I don't want the flowers or chocolates or a homemade card. How cheesy. I pretend that it's over-the-top to want the person you like to make you a ridiculously nice dinner, or do some showy gesture, ala John Cusack with the boombox in 'Say Anything.'

I like Valentine's Day. It's fun.

Everything was dusty, and the fridge hadn't been cleaned for months. Inside, the smoked salmon was swimming, the caviar had hatched, and the liqueur-filled dark chocolates had turned fright-white.

You won't kiss me for diamonds," he said, his voice slightly raspy, "but you will for chocolates?" Poppy nodded.

Her P90, a personal defense weapon that was the bastard child of an assault rifle and a box of Belgian chocolates, was resting on the safety railing, its barrel aimed in the same general direction as where I had been standing and negotiating moments before.

I have cardamom castles, and mendiants , and coconut truffles, and green almond crisp. Or would you prefer a cornet-surprise , with all kinds of different chocolate shapes- eggs, and chickens, and rabbits, and ducks, and little presents for everyone?

I took out my last batch of chocolates; a handful of dark and light truffles rolled in spiced cocoa powder. There's cardamom, for comfort; vanilla seeds for sweetness; green tea, rose and tamarind for harmony and goodwill. Sprinkled with gold leaf, they look like tiny Christmas baubles; prettily scented; perfectly round- how could she resist these?

When the snow began to fall, Maman was working in the shop, making Easter chocolates. Rabbits and chickens and baskets of eggs. Mendiants and nougatines. Nipples of Venus, and apricot hearts, and bitter orange slices. All wrapped up in cellophane, and tied with colored ribbons, and packed in boxes and sachets and bags, ready to give for Easter.

Besides, we have more chocolates to deliver in Les Marauds; coconut truffles for Omi; rose and cardamom for Fatima and her daughters; chili for old Mahjoubi, that warms the heart and brings courage. And one more package, for Inès; tied with a red silk ribbon. The gift that crosses all cultures; that brings a smile to the sourest face; that pulls back the years and takes us to a simpler, sweeter time.

I put on the radio and sang to myself as I worked, carefully placing the chocolates in pyramids. The magic mountain opens to reveal a bewildering array, half-glimpsed, of riches; multicolored piles of sugar crystals, glacé fruits, and sweets that glitter like gems.

Birthdays are best celebrated with lots of chocolates, wine, friends and close ones. May you have a great Birthday. Don't forget to invite me!

The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast

I'm walking on air and I'm so excited. I just came home. I have a box of chocolates next to me — I'm eating them, but I only bite into those with the creamy filling to find out if they have nuts in them — if not, I don't like them — so I press them back together, so they will look like new — and tomorrow I'll give them to my mother and Therese.

Love is like a box of chocolates. You don't know how good it is until they are all gone.