168 Quotes by Ruth Reichl

When you attain my age you will understand one of life’s great secrets: Luxury is best appreciated in small portions. When it becomes routine it loses its allure.

Don’t you just love the idea of cooking flowers? I imagine them bursting into bloom, right in the pan.

Change works both ways. You must accept those moments, experience them, and let them go. Because if you allow yourself to get stuck in that minute, nothing will ever change.” “What are you saying?” “I am telling you that if things can change for the worse, the opposite is also true. But only if you open yourself to the possibilities. As Lulu did. It is what one finds so appealing about her.” It.

The more stars in your itinerary, the less likely you are to find the real life of another country. I’d forgotten how money becomes a barrier insulating you from ordinary life.

Reminded us how exciting it was to abandon security and run toward the life that is waiting.

I’d rather be a fool than hard-hearted.

We were having a class on civics, talking about what makes America a great country. I said I thought one important reason is that we’ve all come from different places in the world and that we learn from one another.

We waited, eating resilient, deeply satisfying bread dipped in spicy oil that tasted exactly like fresh olives. Doug reached out and stroked my knee and I had a sudden conscious thought that I was happy.

Children, I came to understand, need you around, even if they ignore you. In fact they need you around so they can ignore you.