“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
“Truth, justice...I always thought they were absolutes, like God. And Mom. And apple pie.But you could make apple pie from Ritz crackers. You could make cakes without sugar. We learned how to fake things, during the war.”
“Come on, it’s an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom’s homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It’s apple pie and Mom’s homemade chicken soup. But you didn’t do badly, for a start.”
“In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it.”
“...oppression is as American as apple pie... ”
“If you wish to find yourself, you must first admit you are lost.”