EATING

  
I am on a new regimen – attempting to eat less in the evening so that I will lose weight. Thus I go to sleep hungry. The other night I had a dream: I was in my old apartment in the East Village of Manhattan, which I left seven years ago. There was a bowl of sesame noodles on the table, and I began to eat them standing up. (My meditation group discourages eating while standing, so I never do this in real life.) The noodles were excellent. I woke up no longer hungry.
The next day, while recounting the dream to my wife, I realized I had discovered the perfect diet, one that allows the dieter to feast on any food and never gain weight. The secret is to eat in your dreams.

-- Sparrow

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

-- Sophia Loren

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.

-- Epictetus