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Most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.
M. F. K. Fisher
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M. F. K. Fisher
Age: 83 †
Born: 1908
Born: July 3
Died: 1992
Died: June 22
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M.F.K. Fisher
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
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I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe.
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Cooks must feed their egos as well as their customers.
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old age is more bearable if it can be helped by an early acceptance of being loved and of loving.
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