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“Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine of nature, and was not intoxicating. No counter proof can equal the force of that drawn from His attributes. It is an indecency and a calumny to impute to Christ conduct which requires apology.”
Source : Abraham Coles (1882). “The Evangel: Or The Life of Our Lord in Verse”
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“Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill; 'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede.”
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“The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their daily fare... On the contrary, in the countries which, either from excessive heat or cold, produce no grapes, and where wine consequently is dear and a rarity, drunkenness is a common vice.”
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“and I get refill number three or four and the wine is making my bones loose and it's giving my hair a red sheen and my breasts are blooming and my eyes feel sultry and wise and the dress is water.”
Source : Aimee Bender (2009). “Willful Creatures”, p.31, Anchor
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“My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.”
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“Even the most astute chefs seek out the assistance of Celine Labaune, owner of Gourmet Attitude, because they know they can rely on her keen senses and deep understanding of the truffle trade.”
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“When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.”
Source : "Alexander Payne: 'Don't remove the lint'". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2012. 
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“We may all host ourselves to death, and if we're all dead who will host our funerals?”
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“The bodys immune system is like any other system of the body. Each of them have their vital function for the human host.”
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“The only thing binding individuals together is ideas. Ideas mutate and spread; they change their hosts as much as their hosts change them.”
Source : "Genesis". Book by Bernard Beckett, 2010.
