ما يُفسد الحفلة العشائية في الغالب ليس نفاد الطعام، ولا نفاد الشراب، بل نفاد الحديث.

“That which chiefly causes the failure of a dinner-party, is the running short--not of meat, nor yet of drink, but of conversation.”Lewis Carroll — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales (2015)