“I've noticed a funny thing about people who are over-weight. They spend all their time thinking about food -except when they're actually eating it”

“Eat only when you're hungry from I Can Make You Thin”

“Diets are essentially training courses in how to feel fat and feel like a failure.”

“Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening”

“The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but by smelling it. Their money is poetry - actual poems, written out on pieces of paper whose value is determined by the worth of the poem itself.”

“That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”

“Lovers do things together! They rent videos, they ride Ferris wheels, they go out for pizza, they play Scrabble. They . . . they talk!''Talk?' He lifted his head and frowned, his eyes puzzled. 'We talk all the time, Raine. I've never had such talkative sex.''That's just it!' She wiggled, flailed, but couldn't budge him. 'Two minutes alone with you, and I'm flat on my back. Every single time!'A slow, knowing grin spread over his face. 'Is this your way of telling me you want to be on top?”