“Fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.”
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2
“You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!”
— Sarah Dessen, book This Lullaby
Source: This Lullaby
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