“Ye gods! But you're not standing around holding it by the hand all this time. No. [...] [T]he dough takes care of itself. [...] While you cannot speed up the process, you can slow it down at any point by setting the dough in a cooler place [...] then continue where you left off, when you are ready to do so. In other words, you are the boss of that dough. ”

“If you want to make dough, do a bun dance.”

“There are times when friendship feels like running down a hill together as fast as you can, jumping over things, spinning around, and you don't care where you're going, and you don't care where you've come from, because all that matters is speed, and the hands holding your hands.”

“Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough”

“You think you're charging up that memory? Is that what you think? You are going to be so sorry when I dream about my experience of eating chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream yesterday. Now that was exciting.”

“I pointed to it."Yuca," Noah said.I pointed to the dough balls."Fried plantains."I pointed to a low bowl filled with what purported to be stew, but then Noah said, "Are you going to point, or are you going to eat?”