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Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater QUOTES

Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater QUOTES

1 " I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live. "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater

2 " Thin people, God bless them, God curse them, don't get it: If you're not thin, you need to be careful and conscious about when and how you suitors initially see you. "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater

3 " Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thoughts in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered world has less hope for repair if reading becomes an ever smaller part of it. "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater

4 " Dried pasta from a box didn’t advertise how long and hard you had labored. "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater

5 " But if I’d been so fortunate as to have a God-given talent like yours, I wouldn’t have wasted it.” Mom wasn’t particularly religious, but when laying on a guilt trip, she liked to bring along backup, and she figured God was the only disapproving authority as fearsome as she. "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater

6 " That was the story of college: one obsession after another; an advance followed by a retreat; a breakthrough dissolving into a setback. It was a reprise of the years preceding it and an omen of the years to come.It It could be broken down into the forces and schemes that propelled me "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater

7 " Her excitement was so enormous, it didn’t leave room for darker emotions. "

― Frank Bruni , Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater