Jane Is Trying Quotes

“You sit in the bookshop like Anne of Green Gable But the only thing you’ve read is the bus timetable.”
― Isy Suttie, Jane is Trying

“Cakes and Ladders I used to bake you cake, my love, I used to bake you cake Then I saw you were a snake, my love! I saw you were a snake! I threw you in a lake, my love, I threw you in a lake And now I stand and eat my cake While you get scoffed up by a hake And though I pause to call you fake I do not miss a single chance to bake for Jake he’s late I ache for you for him for us for them And now My Cakes Go STALE.”
― Isy Suttie, Jane is Trying

“I opened the book more firmly this time. When Foodie and Wordie Meet/Mate: A Seductive Poem for Every Item in Your Kitchen by Fenella Burch. Courgette Smooth as cream A cuisinier’s dream Taut and green Did I see you in a dream? As field becomes fallow Courgette begets marrow Mash, roast or fry Then I’ll kiss you till you cry.”
― Isy Suttie, Jane is Trying