"The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" Quotes
A young girl discovers she can taste people's emotions in the food they make and embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
fiction | 340 pages | Published in 2011
Quotes
I loved the way food could transport you.
Food brought people together, even temporarily.
Sometimes the best way to express love was to keep your mouth shut.
Loneliness can burrow into you, digging tunnels in your soul.
The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all.
Taste what you feel before you taste it.
The past felt close, like a familiar face I saw in a crowd.
Love had layers, complex and intersecting, like strands of DNA.
Sometimes loneliness made me feel like a hollow stomach.
We were each the unsolvable mystery of our own lives.
