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Kate Christensen quotes: In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me. In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
Kate Christensen quotes: I've never been an outward rebel, but inside, I just rebel deeply. I've never been an outward rebel, but inside, I just rebel deeply.
Kate Christensen quotes: Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house. Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house.
Kate Christensen quotes: If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise. If there's a rift in the marriage - if someone feels neglected, frustrated, tempted by others, or unsure - then trouble can easily arise.
Kate Christensen quotes: Odalisque, prompting us to call him Dingolion and Dandelingo Odalisque, prompting us to call him Dingolion and Dandelingo
Kate Christensen quotes: In the aftermath of a marriage, you feel helpless and hapless. In the aftermath of a marriage, you feel helpless and hapless.
Kate Christensen quotes: If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal. If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
Kate Christensen quotes: I wrote my first story when I was six or seven. I wrote my first story when I was six or seven.
Kate Christensen quotes: Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me. Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
Kate Christensen quotes: She was fierce and opaque, and not breakable. She was fierce and opaque, and not breakable.
Kate Christensen quotes: Often I choose characters who express not my best self, but the sides of me I haven't developed or haven't expressed. Often I choose characters who express not my best self, but the sides of me I haven't developed or haven't expressed.
Kate Christensen quotes: I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry. I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
Kate Christensen quotes: To eat passionately is to allow the world in. To eat passionately is to allow the world in.
Kate Christensen quotes: I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry. I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.
Kate Christensen quotes: Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas. Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
Kate Christensen quotes: I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse. I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.
Kate Christensen quotes: To taste fully is to live fully. To taste fully is to live fully.
Kate Christensen quotes: Ham is undoubtedly one of the most universally beloved of meats, at least in those parts of the world where it's not prohibited. Ham is undoubtedly one of the most universally beloved of meats, at least in those parts of the world where it's not prohibited.
Kate Christensen quotes: It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time. It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
Kate Christensen quotes: 'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject. 'Blue Plate Special' is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject.
Kate Christensen quotes: I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and walked home thumbing pages. I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and walked home thumbing pages.
Kate Christensen quotes: Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable. Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
Kate Christensen quotes: I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this. I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's really powerful. I think I'm not alone in this.
Kate Christensen quotes: The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration? The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
Kate Christensen quotes: It happened every single day in Brooklyn: awaken to fresh glory, fall asleep to blight and ruin. It happened every single day in Brooklyn: awaken to fresh glory, fall asleep to blight and ruin.
Kate Christensen quotes: I never liked dolls or played house. I read and wrote, climbed trees, collected rocks, rode my bike, and befriended boys, platonically. I never liked dolls or played house. I read and wrote, climbed trees, collected rocks, rode my bike, and befriended boys, platonically.
Kate Christensen quotes: I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies. I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies.
Kate Christensen quotes: Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult. Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult.
Kate Christensen quotes: Iggy Pop is God, if God looked half that good with his shirt off. Iggy Pop is God, if God looked half that good with his shirt off.
Kate Christensen quotes: It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out. It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
Kate Christensen quotes: I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly. I wanted to write a food book, but I'm not a chef or an expert on culinary matters, to put it mildly.
Kate Christensen quotes: I scrambled to pack my things, glad I owned so little. I scrambled to pack my things, glad I owned so little.
Kate Christensen quotes: Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle. Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle.
Kate Christensen quotes: Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Under its influence, ordinary songs take on dimensions and powers, like emotional superheroes. Nostalgia is a powerful drug. Under its influence, ordinary songs take on dimensions and powers, like emotional superheroes.
Kate Christensen quotes: There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness. There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness.
Kate Christensen quotes: A relative of poison ivy and poison sumac, the cashew contains the same rash-inducing chemicals, known as urushiols, as its kin. A relative of poison ivy and poison sumac, the cashew contains the same rash-inducing chemicals, known as urushiols, as its kin.
Kate Christensen quotes: The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me. The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.
Kate Christensen quotes: Let nothing human be foreign to me Let nothing human be foreign to me
Kate Christensen quotes: In literature, older women are not often given center stage. In literature, older women are not often given center stage.
Kate Christensen quotes: I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble. I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
Kate Christensen quotes: Thank God for my hobgoblin, small-minded consistency ... Thank God for my hobgoblin, small-minded consistency ...