She had been born to cradle other people's children, wear their hand-me-down clothing, eat their leftovers, live on borrowed happiness and grief, grow old beneath other people's roofs, die one day in her miserable little room in the far courtyard in a bed that did not belong to her, and be buried in a common grave in the public cemetery.
Quotes about leftovers (14 Quotes)
We've had years to perfect this thing, ... Each year, we sell more. People have learned to look for us. We prefer to sell out. We usually don't have many leftovers.
The reforms on the table really get to the meat of the matter, which is changing an institution envisioned for the post-World War II period to work in a very changed world. The challenge now is that after so much attention to expanding the Security Council, this package sounds like leftovers - when it's really the meat and potatoes of reform.
When you book ahead, you get your first choice, instead of just the leftovers. But if you're just looking for a deal and you don't care where you stay or when you go, the last minute may be better.
I cook about twice a week for myself and eat leftovers mostly, ... Sometimes on Sundays I'll cook for my family.
They give me leftovers to feed the chickens, and then I give them eggs. They say that taking an early morning walk down a back road and hearing our rooster crow is one of the greatest things about living in the country.
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
I do want to make sure our process doesn't get in a situation where we start losing candidates. I don't want you to get somebody else's leftovers.
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied with the leftovers at the back door rather than demand a full serving at the family dinner table
The only leftovers there are some of the apples. There might be enough to take home and make a small batch of something.
At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers.
My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
Throughout China, everyone does stir-fries, but only the Cantonese speak about wok hay. They're experts because it's hot and tropical there, with abundant produce and seafood. They cook and eat it quickly, with no leftovers.