“How could a mother who boils water for pasta leave two little girls behind?”
“... I had been brought to boil twice with no pasta.”
“I'll cook the water for the pasta”
“I have bread, water, and love—what more can a man ask for? How about pasta, wine, and sex.”
“How exactly does a steam-powered gun turret differentiate between friend and foe? I wasn't aware that boiled water could form allegiances.”
“When I was little, my mother told me there are basically two kinds of people in the world: town people and circus people. The kind who stay are town people, and the kind who leave are circus people.”