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M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine."

We're not very dangerous animals; we don't have a horn like a rhino or quills like a porcupine.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people."

There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The nation is marching along a permanently high plateau of prosperity"

The nation is marching along a permanently high plateau of prosperity



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value."

The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "If time, so fleeting, must like humans die, let it be filled with good food and good talk, and then embalmed in the perfumes of conviviality."

If time, so fleeting, must like humans die, let it be filled with good food and good talk, and then embalmed in the perfumes of conviviality.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?"

You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets."

I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into."

I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.'"

Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.'



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did."

I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "No efforts of mine could avail to make the book easy reading."

No efforts of mine could avail to make the book easy reading.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy."

I think romantic love evolved to enable you to focus your mating energy on just one individual at a time, thereby conserving mating time and energy.




M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Life balances itself on a precarious ledge, we can stay safe up high or propel off the edge."

Life balances itself on a precarious ledge, we can stay safe up high or propel off the edge.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "FISHER SEES STOCKS PERMANENTLY HIGH"

FISHER SEES STOCKS PERMANENTLY HIGH



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Look,' he said, 'I don't think we should continue this discussion. I don't like this side of you.' 'I'm not a box,' she said 'I don't have sides. This is it. One side fits all. This is it."

Look,' he said, 'I don't think we should continue this discussion. I don't like this side of you.' 'I'm not a box,' she said 'I don't have sides. This is it. One side fits all. This is it.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Experiences shape the brain, but the brain shapes the way we view experiences, too."

Experiences shape the brain, but the brain shapes the way we view experiences, too.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Human eyes are the sign language of the brain. If you watch them carefully, you can see the truth played out, raw and unguarded."

Human eyes are the sign language of the brain. If you watch them carefully, you can see the truth played out, raw and unguarded.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead."

Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt."

The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it."

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "What doesn't kill men makes them stronger. What doesn't kill women makes men breakfast."

What doesn't kill men makes them stronger. What doesn't kill women makes men breakfast.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read."

I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The statistician cannot evade the responsibility for understanding the process he applies or recommends."

The statistician cannot evade the responsibility for understanding the process he applies or recommends.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Sometimes, the hardest foster children to take are teenage boys, which I was one, and I was never adopted or anything, and so I think if people up more for teenage boys, that might be beneficial."

Sometimes, the hardest foster children to take are teenage boys, which I was one, and I was never adopted or anything, and so I think if people up more for teenage boys, that might be beneficial.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "No Vermont town ever let anybody in it starve."

No Vermont town ever let anybody in it starve.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I had made what I believe was one of the more valuable decisions of my business life. This was to confine all efforts solely to making major gains in the long-run."

I had made what I believe was one of the more valuable decisions of my business life. This was to confine all efforts solely to making major gains in the long-run.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change."

The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken."

Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Mickey is a secret journal chained closed with a padlock, slammed inside a vault and dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean."

Mickey is a secret journal chained closed with a padlock, slammed inside a vault and dropped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent."

All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Until adolescence I thought I had the best mother in the world. Such a graceful mother. I had this fantasy that I was the wrong daughter."

Until adolescence I thought I had the best mother in the world. Such a graceful mother. I had this fantasy that I was the wrong daughter.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person."

Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Here's what I've learned: that someone can change the course of history with a box cutter."

Here's what I've learned: that someone can change the course of history with a box cutter.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty."

In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye."

The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable."

Women have never been as interesting as they are now. Not at any time on this planet have women been so educated, so interesting, so capable.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected."

Nobody gets out of love alive. You turn into a menace or a pest when you've been rejected.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems."

The successful investor is usually an individual who is inherently interested in business problems.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself."

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I'm definitely attracted to other Australians; I have a laid-back attitude to life that I feel is very Australian; I love a good barbie."

I'm definitely attracted to other Australians; I have a laid-back attitude to life that I feel is very Australian; I love a good barbie.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "I'll never be known for my work with boundaries."

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others."

It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Romantic love is not an emotion. ... It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind."

Romantic love is not an emotion. ... It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly."

Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it's going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it's going poorly.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience."

Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "What a fearfully distracting, perplexing and heart-searching business it is to live."

What a fearfully distracting, perplexing and heart-searching business it is to live.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras."

My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world."

As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world.



M.F.K. Fisher Quotes: "My father just got out of the Betty Ford Clinic. He's in his 60s, and this was the first time he ever did anything like that."

My father just got out of the Betty Ford Clinic. He's in his 60s, and this was the first time he ever did anything like that.