“Dung is more valuable than any precious metal. You cannot grow food in gold.”

Once begun, change cannot be reversed.

You’re saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.

You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.

It is better to exist unknown to the law.

Green’s a good color.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

We humans are nothing more than the sum of our memories.

To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.

A demonstration is more than worth a thousand words.

We are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences.

You are not living, you are surviving.

The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind’s greatest strength.

Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject so you know you are getting the best possible information.

The fifth force was the magic of time, the greatest of all the magics.

You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.

Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me .

People confuse me. Food doesn’t.

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.

Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime, Please, treat your garlic with respect.

Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don’t deserve to eat garlic.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

I come as a full course meal, I will no longer hand myself out like a menu and wait for people to pick me out.