Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Peter De Vries

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Topic

Gluttony Food Coping mechanisms

Speaker

Mrs. Thicknesse

Author

Peter De Vries

Source

Comfort Me With Apples

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

De Vries, Peter. Comfort Me with Apples. Little, Brown & Company, 1956.

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Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

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Allen Saunders
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Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.

Another quote about Food

He hath eaten me out of house and home.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

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Topic
Gluttony Food
Speaker
Mistress Quickly

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Henry IV, Part 2
Medium
Play
Genre
History (play)
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.