“...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.”

“Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.”

“We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.”

“Life itself is the proper binge.”

“You are the butter to my bread,and the breath to my life”

“We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.”

“Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper.”