“Steal what works, fix what's broke, fake the rest.”

“I had always wondered what Reverend Lovoy meant when he talked about "grace." I understood it now. It was being able to give up something that it broke your heart to lose, and be happy about it.”

“People who know me well understand fully what I am saying when I suggest that I am working an appetite and that we'd best be making our move. This means it is time to hit the road before my blood sugar-what's left of it-crashes to that point where I'm going to ruin your fucking day.”

“Don't believe in everything you see girls, and only half of what you hear.”

“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”

“[W]e are changed by what we read. Close that book, and you are not the same person anymore. Because of what you just read, your worldview--your understanding, your compassion for others, your ability to engage intelligently with others--has expanded a little. Books help us grow….”

“Food, a French man told me once, is the first wealth. Grow it right, and you feel insanely rich, no matter what you own.”