This is a forum thread where we can share our favorite quotes about chocolate.


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clay - http://www.thechocolatelife.com/clay/

updated by @clay: 04/15/15 12:52:32

"Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect ones life but 1932 the Mars Bar and 1936 Maltesers and 1937 the Kit Kat - these dates are milestones in history and should be seared into the memory of every child in the country. " Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


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"Chocolate- the more you share, the more complete you become" - from a Dove Promises message

"You know you're a chocophile when an entire shelf of your pantry is nothing but chocolate products- with a quick rotation" - ChocoflyerPS- I keep all mine in a large plastic storage bin for freshness and organization- one stop snacking!

"There are four basic food groups, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles." (Anonymous)

Q. Why is there no such organization as Chocoholics Anonymous?A. Because no one wants to quit.

Money talks. Chocolate sings.

Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

First you consume chocolate and then chocolate consumes you.(anonymous)Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate.(Sandra Boynton)All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!(Charles Schulz)Covering things in chocolate is what sets us apart from the animals.(Cybele)

I love that Sandra Boynton one! I have her "Chocolate: A Consuming Passion Book", it's too cute!

As well as a passion for chocolates I also have a passion for chocolate quotes. I have been collecting them for many years and will be publishing book of them soon. Most of the quotes will be my own (amusing images, definitions, and insights), but I'm also flavoring the book with quotes from others, as well as with illustrations that demonstrate the power and allure of this superb confectionery. Here's a taste of things to come:"Significantly, in pronouncing the word 'chocolate' the lips are pouted as if to kiss.""Hope that one day this ecstasy comes over you - you see the world from afar and it is a truffle.""Whoever said the best things in life are free was obviously not a lover of top quality chocolates."CHOCOMANIA: The condition of being enthralled by chocolates. the fact that it cannot be cured should not necessarily be seen as cause for concern.

I was recently sent this little-known by Alexander Pushkin. It was written shortly after he was advised to abstain from chocolate (for the sake of his health!). Perhaps he should have changed his doctor instead.Requiem for a Chocolate PralineI loved you, and I probably still do,And for a while the feeling may remain ....But let my love no longer trouble you,I do not wish to cause you any pain.I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain -Made up a love so tender and so trueAs may God grant you to be loved again.

"The problem with chocolate, is that every step is the most important step." - Art Pollard interview with Park City, what an understatement!

I prefer not to think of them as "problems" but as "challenges" though I understand Art's position on this.


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There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATELinda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"I so totally agree.

"Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate." Chocolate Shop Online | Date Filipina Online

Attributed to Catherine Zeta-Jones:"The Only Thing Better Than Sex is Sex With Chocolate On It."


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Forget about love..i'd rather fall in chocolate!

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather a skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO-HOO, what a ride!"Anon.


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Those of you who love quotable quotes may like to know I have recently published a 100-page book which is choc-full of them. Called The Language of Chocolates, it is a collection of sayings, definitions, allusions, connections and illustrations (mostly my own) on everything there is to like about chocolates. Sara Jane Stanes, one of the founders of the Academy of Chocolate in the UK, described it as utterly compelling and enjoyable; and Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat , said it was scrumptious. I think it is an ideal handbook or reference for chocophiles - a book that can be taken everywhere, and something to be reached for when in need of an elegant snack, or some sweet inspiration. If you would like to obtain a box, I mean a copy, for yourself, the book is available from www.amazon.com and other online booksellers. Here is a picture of he cover:

"Chocolate is one of the most delicious and noble factors of our whole existence."- Dr. Chantal Favre-Bismuth. Quoted in Mort Rosenblum's book, 'Chocolate, A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light'
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"There is no metaphysics on earth like chocolates." - Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese poet)

"When I was young, there were only two kinds of chocolates and two or three kinds of people." - Lord Glenconner

"It's Just chocolate. It's not rocket surgery or brain science, It's Just chocolate."-- Mantra penned by Clay Gordon


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Nine of every ten persons say they love chocolate. The tenth lies.-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

I've just revised my archive:------------------------Las cosas clarasy el chocolate espressoIdeas should be clearand chocolate thickSpanish proverb-----------------------Twill make old women young and fresh,Create new motions of the flesh.And cause them long for you know what,If they but taste of chocolate.James Wadworth (1768-1844);A History of the Nature and Quality of Chocolate----------------------------Stress wouldnt be so hard to take if it were chocolate covered.----------------------------Anyone who knows chocolate and yet prefers to smokeis either mentally disabled or a chimney!----------------------------The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and by Shakespeare.Neither knew chocolate.The Swiss are known for nonviolence. They are also known for superb chocolate.---------------------------Chocolate doesn't make the world go around, but it sure does make the trip worthwhile---------------------------In the beginning, the Lord created chocolate, and he saw that it was good.Then he separated the light from the dark, and it was better

Schokolade ist fassbar, greifbar und vor allem essbar gewordenes Glcksgefhl.(my attempt to translate)Chocolate is a feeling of happiness, which has become tangible, concrete and, uppermost, edible.Wim WendersGerman film director

My favorite is:"Ne croyez pas que le chocolat soit un substitut a l'amour est un substitut au chocolat," which translates to:Don't believe that chocolate is a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate.Miranda Ingram

This quote is not about chocolate, but I think it applies:"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."H.L Menken