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Kate Christensen Quotes

Characters who don’t suffer have no interest to me Picture Quote #1

In literature, older women are not often given center stage Picture Quote #1

Thank God for my hobgoblin, small-minded consistency Picture Quote #1

Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle Picture Quote #1

At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn’t screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate Picture Quote #1

After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths Picture Quote #1

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Even more than dying itself, I’m scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human body as it ages. I think of it as a sort of haunted-house effect, living inside a crumbling, creaking structure that is full of ghosts and will, some day, fall down Picture Quote #1

It’s interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn’t. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known? Picture Quote #1

In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side Picture Quote #1

There’s a certain time of day after sunset when people naturally seem to feel the urge to gather by a fire or a stove or a hibachi or another common source of heat and food, and hunker down together to eat and drink. Call it the blue hour Picture Quote #1

Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house Picture Quote #1

Most of all, I love unfussy, unpretentious, simple food made with excellent ingredients. If I’m a snob, it’s about quality, not cuisine Picture Quote #1

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After my experiences with the 5:2 diet, I wasn’t interested in a short-term fix that would fail later. I wanted a way of eating that made me lose weight without feeling deprived Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel that I’ve had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional Picture Quote #1

I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them Picture Quote #1

Famously cancer fighting, laden with vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients, broccoli and its relatives are among the healthiest ingredients of the human diet Picture Quote #1

Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts Picture Quote #1

The New Nordic diet originated in 2004, when the visionary chefs Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer called a symposium of regional chefs to address the public’s increasing consumption of processed foods, additives, highly refined grains, and mass-produced poultry and meat Picture Quote #1

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Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an egg or a tomato or a hamburger that wasn’t flown halfway around the world, that didn’t travel on a truck and get stuck in traffic jams, that hasn’t been sitting in a supermarket’s refrigerator case for days Picture Quote #1

Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other’s company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing Picture Quote #1

As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway Picture Quote #1

It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It’s nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out Picture Quote #1

Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked Picture Quote #1

Blue Plate Special’ is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject Picture Quote #1

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On Halloween, kids get to assume, for one night the outward forms of their innermost dread, and they’re also allowed to take candy from strangers - the scariest thing of all Picture Quote #1

Now that I’m 50 and respectably settled in New England and markedly happier and more contented than I was in my youth, I modestly hope there’s time to realize some of my youthful goals before I croak, but I’ll take what I can get Picture Quote #1

It’s really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

For writers and artists, it’s always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what’s going on Picture Quote #1

Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult Picture Quote #1

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Characters who don’t suffer have no interest to me (Kate Christensen Quotes) In literature, older women are not often given center stage (Kate Christensen Quotes) Thank God for my hobgoblin, small-minded consistency (Kate Christensen Quotes) Finding my way into a novel is always half the battle (Kate Christensen Quotes) At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn’t screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate. (Kate Christensen Quotes) After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Even more than dying itself, I’m scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human body as it ages. I think of it as a sort of haunted-house effect, living inside a crumbling, creaking structure that is full of ghosts and will, some day, fall down. (Kate Christensen Quotes) It’s interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn’t. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known? (Kate Christensen Quotes) In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side. (Kate Christensen Quotes) There’s a certain time of day after sunset when people naturally seem to feel the urge to gather by a fire or a stove or a hibachi or another common source of heat and food, and hunker down together to eat and drink. Call it the blue hour. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Most of all, I love unfussy, unpretentious, simple food made with excellent ingredients. If I’m a snob, it’s about quality, not cuisine. (Kate Christensen Quotes) After my experiences with the 5:2 diet, I wasn’t interested in a short-term fix that would fail later. I wanted a way of eating that made me lose weight without feeling deprived. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I don’t feel that I’ve had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional. (Kate Christensen Quotes) I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Famously cancer fighting, laden with vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients, broccoli and its relatives are among the healthiest ingredients of the human diet. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts. (Kate Christensen Quotes) The New Nordic diet originated in 2004, when the visionary chefs Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer called a symposium of regional chefs to address the public’s increasing consumption of processed foods, additives, highly refined grains, and mass-produced poultry and meat. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Whenever possible, I use local, fresh ingredients, just because it tastes and feels better to eat an egg or a tomato or a hamburger that wasn’t flown halfway around the world, that didn’t travel on a truck and get stuck in traffic jams, that hasn’t been sitting in a supermarket’s refrigerator case for days. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Friendship is a strange animal. It only thrives in voluntary enjoyment of each other’s company, in the pleasure of nonobligatory connection. I repeat: You owe me nothing. (Kate Christensen Quotes) As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway. (Kate Christensen Quotes) It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It’s nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Blue Plate Special’ is the autobiography of my first half-century of life, with food as the subject. (Kate Christensen Quotes) On Halloween, kids get to assume, for one night the outward forms of their innermost dread, and they’re also allowed to take candy from strangers - the scariest thing of all. (Kate Christensen Quotes) Now that I’m 50 and respectably settled in New England and markedly happier and more contented than I was in my youth, I modestly hope there’s time to realize some of my youthful goals before I croak, but I’ll take what I can get. (Kate Christensen Quotes) It’s really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time. (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. (Kate Christensen Quotes) For writers and artists, it’s always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what’s going on. (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 (Kate Christensen Quotes)

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