# Talking It Over

- Author: [Julian Barnes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/julian-barnes.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/julian-barnes/talking-it-over

## Quotes

> Now, Stuart, as you will discover if you have not done so already, believes that the principal raison d'etre of food is to conceal from public view the hideous pattern on the plate beneath.

p. 28 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/julian-barnes/talking-it-over/now-stuart-as-you.md)

> This is I have to admit, one murky compartment of the female psyche which has yet to benefit from the oven-scourer of Reason.

p. 43 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/julian-barnes/talking-it-over/this-is-i-have.md)