“As a rule, she didnt like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.”

“To my faithful readers, because a book is like a piethe only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.”

“Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.”

“Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble namePIE.”

“Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.”

“As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.”

“Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.”

“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.”

“I compete every moment, and my competition is only with myself.”

“If you stand in a wheat field at this time of year, a few weeks from harvest, it's not hard to imagine you're looking at something out of mythology: all this golden sunlight brought down to earth, ...”

“You have come nearer to mastering a good many aspects of cooking than anyone except a handful of great chefs, and some day it will pay off. I know it will. You will just have to go on working, and ...”

“I turned from my window. Suddenly it seemed odd for my neighbors on both sides to have visitors while I had none. For the first time, I felt lonely at 'Sconset."Let's cook," Frannie said energetica...”

“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

“I love you like a fat kid loves cake!”

“Hard work should be rewarded by good food.”