‘Thoughts are divine’ from Orlando by Virginia Woolf
‘I’ve no ammunition. What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.’ from Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
“‘Darling,’ she said. ‘How too divine” from Vile bodies by Evelyn Waugh
This Easter, Penguin Classics and Divine have got together to celebrate all that’s Divine and chocolaty in classic literature. Check out our large milk and dark chocolate eggs for a competition to win chocolate and Penguin books.
Come up with your own Divine quote in the style of your favourite literature classic and we’ll send our favourite a selection of Divine chocolate! Post your idea in the comments below.
Divine Delights 
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of free time and spare change must be in want of some chocolate
Hi S, congratulations – you have won the Divine / Penguin competition! You and Jo B have won lots of Divine chocolate and Penguin books. Please send me your name, address, and telephone number to Rosanna@divinechocolate.com
Today’s divine moments are tomorrow’s divine memories.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good chocolate must be in want of a wife (Pride & Prejudice)
Dubble,Dubble,tasty Dubble;
Fire burn and chocolate bubble.
It’s got to be this:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of chocolate”. My apologies to Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice”
“The past is a foreign chocolate: they do things divinely there.”
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
(to scoff great choccy)!
The Great Gatsby.
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I think Polonius probably meant to say to Laertes,
“This above all:to Divine chocolate be true”.
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, but unfortunately sadly lacking in Divine Chocolate.
To err is human – to be forgiven – give Divine (apologies to Alexander Pope 🙂
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear. If that doesn’t work, eat Divine chocolate.
Apologies to Mark Twain!
Hi Sue, congratulations – you have won the Divine / Penguin competition! You and Jo B have won lots of Divine chocolate and Penguin books. Please send me your name, address, and telephone number to Rosanna@divinechocolate.com
What’s in a name? That with we call Divine by any other word would smell as sweet.
Sorry William Shakespeare
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this Divine Chocolate. Apologies to William Shakespeare
“To eat chocolate or not to eat chocolate? That is the question”
” Divine Chocolate is such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a piece.”
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (revisited!)
William Wordsworth
“Fill your paper with the delicious breathings of your heart”
As Alfred Lord Tennyson meant to say:
‘Better to have loved and lost, than never to have tasted Divine’
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height of your Divine chocolate soul…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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