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In the Night Kitchen
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"In the Night Kitchen" Quotes

A young boy named Mickey embarks on a whimsical, dreamlike adventure in a magical kitchen where he helps bakers make the morning's bread.

Quotes

Milk in the batter! Milk in the batter! We bake cake and nothing's the matter!

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foodoptimism

And he tried to cry, but he had no tears. 'I'm falling!' he said, 'I'm falling!'

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fear

You might have baked a cake!

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missed opportunity

I'm not the milk and the milk's not me! I'm Mickey!

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self-identity

One bowl... one spoon... one dough... one moon.

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simplicity

Milk in the batter! Mix it, beat it, make it better!

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foodimprovement

And Mickey said, with a milk-cold shout, 'I'm not milk! And milk's not me! I'm Mickey!'

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self-identity

I'll bake and I'll bake and I'll bake and I'll bake. I'll bake you a cake!

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determinationfood

Then Mickey jumped out of the batter, his clothes all full of cake mix.

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adventure

He threw the cake in the oven and the oven said, 'Thank you!'

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kindness