Nothing is so effective in keeping one young and full of lust as a discriminating palate thoroughly satisfied at least once a day

My final, considered judgment is that the hardy bulb [garlic] blesses and ennobles everything it touches - with the possible exception of ice cream and pie.

A man who loves good food has a way of making it gravitate toward his kitchen.

I felt guilty all of a sudden, as if just by existing and talking to him I was leading him on.

My Salome is a mystic the sister of Salammbô a Saint Thérèse who worships the moon.

I wonder if it's a special sin to lie to a nun

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

Sometimes you find your heroes in the unlikeliest places.

We look at the one little woman's face we love, as we look at the face of our mother earth, and see all sorts of answers to our own yearnings.

The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.

I was always a dreamer with high aspirations, but I kept coming up short my whole life.

You can see a lot just by observing.