"Those who have been too long at their labor, who have drunk too long at the cup of voluptuousness, who feel they have become temporarily inhumane, who are tormented by their families, who find life sad and love ephemeral; they should all eat chocolate and they will be comforted."
-Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

"When I die," I said to my friend, "I'm not going to be embalmed. I'm going to be dipped." "Milk chocolate or bittersweet?" was her immediate concern. This is the rhetorical response of one chocolate addict to another. We both know the answer: Bittersweet.
-Adrianne Marcus, from the introduction to The Chocolate Bible

"Everyone has to believe in something. I believe I'll have some more chocolate."
-Anonymous

"Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get."
-Forrest Gump

"There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, and chocolate truffles."
-Anonymous

"Make a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put "eat chocolate." Now, you'll get at least one thing done today.
-Gina Hayes

"The 12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!"
-Terry Moore

"If it aint chocolate, it aint breakfast!"

"Forget love - I'd rather fall in chocolate!"

"This guy found a bottle in the ocean, and he opened it and out popped a genie, and he gave him three wishes. The guy wished for a million dollars, and poof! There was a million dollars. Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! There was a convertible. And then, he wished he could be irresistible to all women... poof! He turned into a box of chocolates."

"Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate."

"Las cosas claras y el chocolate espeso." (Ideas should be clear and chocolate thick.)
-Spanish proverb

"Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food."
-Michael Levine, nutrition researcher

"Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty. Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant. And it always feels good."
-Lora Brody, author of Growing Up on the Chocolate Diet

"Man cannot live on chocolate alone; but women sure can."

"Researchers have discovered that chocolate produced some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are."
-Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show

"Simply put... everyone has a price, mine is chocolate!"

"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!"
-Lucy Van Pelt (in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz)

"Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies..."
-John Q Tullius

"It's not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let's face it, far more reliable than a man."
-Miranda Ingram

"Chocolate is cheaper than therapy, and you don't need an appointment."
-Anonymous


The American Dietetic Association offers these tips on how to properly enjoy fine chocolate:

* Chocolate is best tasted on an empty stomach. Never put your chocolate in the refrigerator - it will cause the cocoa to separate and form a white bloom.

* If you are trying several different chocolates, always start with the one that has the least cocoa, most likely a milk chocolate - unless it's white chocolate, which has cocoa butter, and no cocoa at all.

* When tasting dark chocolate, let it sit in your mouth for a few seconds to release its primary flavors and aromas. Then chew it a few times to release the secondary aromas. Let it rest lightly against the roof of your mouth so you experience the full range of flavors. Finally, enjoy the lingering taste in your mouth.