“...eating is the purest mode of consumption. Our purchases are statements about our social class, our friends, and our beliefs. Buying something as continually necessary as food is an ongoing act of self-definition.”

“Eating connects us to our histories as much as it connects our souls to our bodies, our bodies to the earth.”

“The aristocrats had to force them to do their jobs. After all, human beings are not badgers. We aren't molded to stoop.”

“We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about it's width and depth.”

“If we truly detach from our childhood and abandon our inherent romanticism, then we shred any bit of humanity left in us.”

“Admiration: Our feeling of delight that another person resembles us.”

“You can’t make someone do something they don’t want to, but if you are kind about it, you can convince them to do the right thing, even if they are uncertain what that is.--Jala, Healer to the House of Soris”