The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation.
Francine du Plessix GrayI venture that those of us who are most serene when faced with the possibility of nothingness are the ones who've reached furthest to the downward and upward of their beings.
Francine du Plessix GrayMine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I'm constantly aware of what they suffered in the war.
Francine du Plessix Gray