“ There's always a fascination in watching anybody do a job which he really understands. ”
George Orwell, Coming Up for Air (1939). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | Coming Up for Air |
| Topic | understanding fascination |
| Date | 1939 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200031.txt |
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“I'm not going to have you spoiling your dinner. Your eye's bigger than your belly.' Very occasionally, however, she'd cut you off a thin strip of candied peel.
I used to like to watch Mother rolling pastry. There's always a fascination in watching anybody do a job which he really understands. Watch a woman--a woman who really knows how to cook, I mean--rolling dough. She's got a peculiar, solemn, indrawn air, a satisfied kind of air, like a priestess celebrating a sacred rite. And in her own mind, of course, that's exactly what she is.”
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