The English Patient

by Michael Ondjaate

"They ate and drank, the unexpected thickness of the wine like meat on their tongues." page 267

 "She wanted nothing exotic, just bread and meat." page 51

"We received this new world slowly, as if coming out of drowning. In the central square of El Taj we sat and ate lamb, rice, badawi cakes, and drank milk with almond pulp beaten into it." page 138

"Night fell fast, night filled up the valley and then the mountains and they were left once more with lanterns." page 107

"'One feeds me morphine. One feeds me condensed milk. We have discovered a balanced diet!'" page 177