Quotes About Hospitality

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Invite them back if you'd like," she called after him. "There's plenty." She was four courses upset and considering an amuse-bouche.

Gamache bit into a grilled chicken and roasted vegetable baguette and decided he was going to enjoy mealtimes in this place.

Olivier was holding a tray of mille feuilles, meringues, slices of pies and little custard tarts with glazed fruit on top. He chose one covered in tiny wild blueberries.

Between them on the table sat a basket of steaming rolls and a small dish of butter balls.

There's an elderly woman fussing with the top of the cream pitcher, trying to get it open. Her purse sits on the counter, but as I approach, she picks up the handbag and anchors it to her side, crossing her arm over the strap. "Oh, that pitcher can be tricky," I say. "Can I help?" She thanks me and smiles when I hand her back the cream. I'm sure she doesn't even realize she moved her purse when I got closer. But I did.

There may or may not be a God, but if there is one, I wouldn't want to have him over for dinner.

Don't drive people away with your presence. Your friends shouldn't become afraid and so cautious when they are with you. Let them feel free around you.

Be nice to people. On phone and in-person. Don't wait to know a person before you treat them well; treat them well because you're a good person. That's how true friends live.

Have a good heart towards strangers and new friends.

We're not at all like the rest of Georgia. We have a saying: If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, 'What's your business?' In Macon they ask, 'Where do you go to church?' In Augusta they ask your grandmother's maiden name. But in Savannah the first question people ask you is 'What would you like to drink?

Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink.

Savannah was invariably gracious to strangers, but it was immune to their charms. It wanted nothing so much as to be left alone.

We want Jesus to come to our house, but we're going to question Him when He gets there.

Occasionally, Charles and Maude would host a dinner party where they would come together as Husband and Wife, and on such occasions I would be brought down and passed around from couple to couple like a Fabergé egg they'd purchased from a descendant of the last Russian Tsar.

Good friends, I shall always remember your kindness. If ever you are in trouble, you may come to the Castle of Lea. Its walls may be battered to the ground before harm shall befall you.

Connectors create an experience everyone enjoys.

I cannot any longer endure being served breakfast in bed by a hairy man in his underwear.

Mrs. Richards: Girl, there's no paper in my room. Why don't you check these things? That's what you're being paid for, isn't it? Polly: We don't put it in the rooms. Mrs. Richards: What? Polly: Well, we keep it in the lounge. Mrs. Richards: [aghast] In the lounge? Polly: I'll get you some. Do you want plain ones or ones with our address on it? Mrs. Richards: Address on it? Polly: How many sheets? Well, how many are you going to use? Mrs. Richards: Manager!

Home: The place in which you are treated the best and grumble the most.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him...The people who give you their food give you their heart.

Friendship opens many doors, each with a different view, but none could be more welcome than the door that leads to you

Friends: Can I come over? Real Friends: I'm coming over.

Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.