“It is horrible how people will use anything as a political monkey wrench and to hell with the country. (Julia Child to Avis DeVoto)”

“I like every part of growing older except what happens to your feet.Written by Avis DeVoto to Julia Child in "As Always, Julia”

“To think that we might easily have gone through life not knowing each other, missing all this free flow of love and ideas and warmth and sharing... We share really almost everything. (Avis DeVoto to Julia Child)”

“You have come nearer to mastering a good many aspects of cooking than anyone except a handful of great chefs, and some day it will pay off. I know it will. You will just have to go on working, and teaching, and getting around, and spreading the gospel until it does. (Avis DeVoto to Julia Child)”

“if you're dealing with monkeys, you got to expect some wrenches.....”

“My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.”