“Garlic is as good as ten mothers.”
“For every Mother Theresa, there are ten Saddam Husseins.”
“She smells of her cooking and the perfume Eau d'Hadrien. My mother wore it, too. She used to cook, like Lili. Our house smelled of garlic and thyme instead of sadness.”
“Garlic is the catsup of intellectuals.”
“Ten Commandments:I asked her why she never told us about the Ten Commandments & she said she wasn't ever that good with numbers so she loved everything as best she could & I remember thinking who needs all those rules anyway with a mother like her around.”
“What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.”