"A crust of bread eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety."
— Aesop
"What? I eat when I'm upset, okay?"
— Po, Kung Fu Panda
"There is hardship in everything, except eating pancakes."
— Charles Spurgeon
"Maybe I do use food for comfort. But at least a chocolate bar never told me I was an accident."
— Mrs. Johannsen, Daria ("Psycho Therapy")
Steven: Well, maybe shoving this adorable cake in my face will make me feel better.
[Steven opens the box, revealing a damaged cake with the words "TOGETHER FOREVER" just barely legible on it]
Garnet: It really, really won't.
Steven: [crying while stuffing his face with cake] I'm doing it anyway!
[Steven opens the box, revealing a damaged cake with the words "TOGETHER FOREVER" just barely legible on it]
Garnet: It really, really won't.
Steven: [crying while stuffing his face with cake] I'm doing it anyway!
— Steven Universe: Future, "Together Forever"
Some foods are so comforting, so nourishing of body and soul, that to eat them is to be home again after a long journey. To eat such a meal is to remember that, though the world is full of knives and storms, the body is built for kindness.
— Cinnamon And Gunpowder, Eli Brown
"Okay, I'll bite; what do I have to cook to make you feel better?"
— Hitomu Jagoda, Welcoming Chiho
"When we see terrible things, I hold her. She cries. We eat microwave burritos. Orange cream sodas."
— Vlad, Hack/Slash
Lois Lane: Seems like you might need a little...time. And I made cupcakes.
Supergirl: Really?
Lois Lane: Sure, why not? I can do cupcakes. I can do lots of things, including cupcakes. My mom was a big fan of feeding depression.
Supergirl: Really?
Lois Lane: Sure, why not? I can do cupcakes. I can do lots of things, including cupcakes. My mom was a big fan of feeding depression.
I recoiled at the taste, because I was expecting apple juice. It was not that at all. It was chocolate-chip cookies. Liquid cookies. And not just any cookies—my mom’s homemade blue chocolate-chip cookies, buttery and hot chips. Drinking it, my whole body felt warm and good, full of energy. My grief did not go away, but I felt as if my mom had just brushed her hand against my cheek, given me a cookie the way she used to when I was small, and told me everything was going to be okay.
— Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
