“A pale sun poked impudent marmalade fingers through the grizzled lattice glass, and sent the shadows scurrying, like convent girls menaced by a tramp.”Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) English musician, artist and authorSir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)Girl, Sun
“I marmaladed a slice of toast with something of a flourish and I don't suppose I have ever come much closer to saying 'Tra la la' as I did the lathering for I was feeling in mid season form this morning.”P.G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) English authorFeeling, Season
“In a land of quince jelly, apple butter, apricot jam, blueberry preserves, pear conserves, and lemon marmalade, you always get grape jelly.”William Least Heat-Moon book Blue HighwaysPart One, Chapter 14. Blue Highways (1982)
“The genome is littered, one might almost say clogged, with the equivalent of computer viruses, selfish, parasitic stretches of letters which exist for the pure and simple reason that they are good at getting themselves duplicated. We are full of digital chain letters and warnings about marmalade.”Matt Ridley book GenomeSource: Genome (1999), Chapter 8 “Self-Interest” (p. 127)Selfishness
