The Last Banquet Quotes

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”
― Jonathan Grimwood, The Last Banquet

“Anything is forgiven those who sin elegantly; while gaucheness sours even the noblest deed.”
― Jonathan Grimwood, The Last Banquet

“The tastes of France are changing and we are the last of the banquet.”
― Jonathan Grimwood, The Last Banquet

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are...”
― Jonathan Grimwood, The Last Banquet

“He was as absurd as an Athenian demagogue, about whom Dr Faure had that morning been characteristically rude, since they were foreign, given to unnatural vices, and favoured democracy. Being thirteen, it was the unnatural vices that interested us.”
― Jonathan Grimwood, The Last Banquet

“We say cat tastes like chicken when, had we been weaned on kitten stew, we’d say chicken tastes like cat.”
― Jonathan Grimwood, The Last Banquet