It is not 'only' food, I said heatedly. There's meaning hidden underneath each dish.
When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.
I felt that I was really living in the moment. I did not know where my life was going, but right now the future did not trouble me.
I had done this. I had pulled my life apart. I would never, ever be safe again.
When a person has lived generously and fought fiercely, she deserves more than sadness at the end.
Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite.