Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you... - Maya Angelou

"Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life."

"I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better."

"I thank God I'm myself and for the life I'm given to live and for friends and lovers and beloveds, and I thank God for knowing that all those people have already paid for me."

"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."