Thick Shell

Chocolate digests easier than criticism.

inspired by Zeuxis

Hindsight

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have eaten more chocolate.

inspired by Eubie Blake

Intention

I don't aspire to be an expert nutritionist. I don't see myself in any way a health guru. I love chocolate. I'm not particularly fond of its substitutions.

inspired by 66th U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Ode to Chocolate

Oh, Choc-o-late.
Oh, Choc-o-late.

To taste, taste, taste you
Is to love, love, love you
And I do. Yes, I do.

inspired by Ritchie Valens and Bobby Vinton

Chocoholic's Fantasy

Had I a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, cast-iron stomach and rock hard abs, I could not sample all the forms of chocolate, could not name all the types of ecstasy.

inspired by Virgil

Ecstasy

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were floating high, I know that is luxe chocolate.

inspired by Emily Dickinson

Hauling Capacity

"You're gonna need a bigger bag," the clerk said to the customer stuffing 50% off holiday boxes of luxe chocolate into her reusable tote.

inspired by Jaws (with props to Roy Scheider for his deadpan delivery)

Reasons to Love

How is chocolate loved? Let us count the ways:
In drops, in morsels, in squares, in spheres, in bars.
Liberated from wrappers, bags, tins, and boxes.
In cookies, pies, and cakes; as, atop, within, around, and throughout everything for breakfast, lunch, sneak snack, dinner, and dessert.

inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Is Virtue Overrated?

Moderation is a virtue, happily discarded upon entering into the presence of a gifted chocolatier.

inspired by an ancient Proverb

Friendship Test

Lots of people want to dine with you in the exclusive confectionery, but what you need is someone who will bake at home with you when your bank balance is zero.

inspired by Oprah Winfrey

Real Love

Love means never having to share your chocolate, but wanting to share it anyway.

inspired by Erich Segal (with a nod to Ali MacGraw's delivery)

Plan Ahead

A chocoholic must have money and cool, secure storage if one is to hoard luxe chocolate.

inspired by Virginia Woolf

Another Simple Pleasure

A hug is like good chocolate--it instantly gratifies.

inspired by Bil Keane

Stating the Obvious #3

How do you eat a box of luxe chocolates?
One indulgent bite at a time

inspired by an ancient saying

Bitterness

Who put mud in your chocolate?

inspired by enthusiastically mean-spirited people

Degrees of Satisfaction

Chocolate is like gold. Most people can buy at least some 10-karat or 14-karat to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as much as pure luxe quality would.

inspired by Zora Neale Hurston

More Is Better

Confections can never be too rich or too chocolaty.

inspired by Wallis Simpson