“Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.”

— Terry Pratchett , book Guards! Guards!

Source: Guards! Guards!

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English author 1948–2015

Brian O'Driscoll

O'Driscoll's widely quoted musing when asked to give his view on former Lions team mate and current England manager, Martin Johnson ahead of Ireland's Six Nations Championship match against England on 28 February 2009. Brendan Cole, " What Did BOD Mean? https://web.archive.org/web/20090228234200/http://www.rte.ie/ie/sportsixnations/entry/what_did_bod_mean", RTE Sport (February 27, 2009).

“A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.”

Sean Covey (1964) author; business executive

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“Let first the onion flourish there,
Rose among roots, the maiden-fair,
Wine-scented and poetic soul
Of the capacious salad bowl.”

Robert Louis Stevenson book Underwoods

Bk. I, To a Gardener.
Underwoods (1887)

“All hell has broken loose. I admit our Russian is limited, but we can say hello, come in, you are beautiful, oh no you don't. … So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda. Something has slipped badly.”

John Steinbeck (1902–1968) American writer

On difficulties while traveling in the USSR (20 August 1947), in Steinbeck : A Life in Letters (1976)

“All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.”

Arthur Golden book Memoirs of a Geisha

Source: Memoirs of a Geisha

“Pickle jars are just pickle jars, and pickles are just pickles.”

Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist

Songs (2002)

“I was on a plane, and the steward was coming down the aisle. "Asian chicken salad…Asian chicken salad…Asian chicken salad…" And he gets to me and he's like, "…chicken salad!"”

Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian

What does he think I'm gonna do? "Dis is not de salad of my people! In my homeland, dey use mandarin orange slices...and crispy wonton crunches!"
From Her Tours and CDs, Revolution Tour

“A ghost in daylight on a crowded street.”

William S. Burroughs book Junkie

Junkie (1953)

“I felt like a pickle stepping into history.”

Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States

During the unveiling of his official portrait in the East Room of the White House http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1464584/Bill-Clinton-back-in-big-picture-for-unveiling-of-his-portrait.html (June 14, 2004)
2000s

“I think I'm actually in denial that I'm famous, it only sinks in when people crowd in the streets. My friends treat me like a regular person, which is what I wanted.”

Emma Watson (1990) British actress and model

Girl's Life Magazine 2007

“Vimes stalked gloomily through the crowded streets, feeling like the only pickled onion in a fruit salad.”

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