War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser rather peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.

Patience was not something that came naturally to me but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.

Emigration forced or chosen across national frontiers or from village to metropolis is the quintessential experience of our time.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.