“For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes ...” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Quote

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.

I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.

Raw lobster tail, freeze dried, is amazing.

I'm a mushroom freak. I make a mushroom soup where I use maybe six or seven varieties, not just portobello and shiitake, but dried porcini and morels.

I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.

I haven't written anything in four years. I'm sort of dried up.