
Sweetbitter: A novel

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A palate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Where you assign words to the textures of taste.
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
So—some tomatoes tasted like water, and some tasted like summer lightning.
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
First you must relearn your senses. Your senses are never inaccurate—it’s your ideas that can be false.”
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
“Tasting is a farce,” she said with her eyes closed, nose deep in the bowl of the glass. “The only way to get to know a wine is to take a few hours with it. Let it change and then let it change you. That’s the only way to learn anything—you have to live with it.”
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
It is a strange pressure to be across from a man who wants something that you don’t want to give. It’s like standing in a forceful current, which at first you think is not too strong, but the longer you stand, the more tired you become, the harder it is to stay upright.
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
When you can’t see in front of you life is nothing but surprises. Looking back, there were truly so few of them.
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
A dagger of morning prowled outside the open windows. The
Stephanie Danler • Sweetbitter: A novel
Their innate hospitality. Their anticipation of others’ needs. That was when service went from an illusion to a true expression of compassion.