“nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness.”

“Because nothing wondrous can come in this world unless it rests on the shoulders of kindness.”

“Love. But the pure kind of love. I don't think that comes very often. Most of us are ordinary. If we do anything great, it's only so we'll be loved ourselves. Maybey just for ten minutes.”

“Morning always comes.”

“Food culture in the United States has long been cast as the property of a privileged class. It is nothing of the kind. Culture is the property of a species.”

“Anybody can get worked up, if they have the intention. It's peacefulness that is hard to come by on purpose.”

“When push comes to shove, a mother takes care of her children from the bottom up.”