“I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine—just imagine!—what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept.”
“One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.”
“one finds great comfort in good dinners”
“There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.”
“When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.”