“The Chinese say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.”
“or maybe love is summed up in moments - that day in the park, the time you had chinese food by candlelight, when the boy you liked left a message, finally, on your machine. maybe the telling of those moments is even better than the moments themselves. ”
“Its as if God cruised through one of those Chinese fast-food buffets and bought Abe the full meal dealso he can pass for Mama's beloved son. When it came to my turn, all that was left was one of those soggy egg rollsthat doesn't qualify as real Chinese food.”
“... Chinese consider eating food to be one of the rare joys of living...”
“It's better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.”
“They say every dog has its day, Ganapathi, but for this terrier twilight came before tea-time.”