Quotes from book
Chocolat

Chocolat

Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of Vianne Rocher, a young single mother, who arrives in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk. Vianne has arrived to open a chocolaterie—La Céleste Praline—which is on the square opposite the church. During the traditional season of fasting and self-denial; she gently changes the lives of the villagers who visit her with a combination of sympathy, subversion and a little magic.


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“I carried recipes in my head like maps.”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

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“The process of giving is without limits.”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

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“Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

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“The wind always brings us back to the same wall”

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“A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

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“I liked her better for showing a little spirit.”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

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