“I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.”

“I describe Soldiers And Sisterhood as the literary equivalent of a chocolte biscuit - all the fun and and none of the calories.”

“I find this to be true of my spiritual life, and maybe it applies to yours as well: I think about things more than I do them; I ponder what seems their goodness more than I perform them. As if my thought alone were enough. But a thought alone isn’t quite enough; it’s an impulse and not a commitment, a passing thing that doesn’t take root unless you plant it and make it grow.”

“The more I thought about it, the more I worried I wouldn’t be good enough.”

“I'm a big fan of pastries the size of a baby that contain enough calories for a year. That seems like an effective use of time.”

“Going to college don't make you from somewhere, any more than a cat born in an over can call itself a biscuit.”