" If it wasn't for curse words and grandoise hand gestures, I don't know if Brooklynites would even be able to communicate. In fact, I had requested that holograms of me making dramatic hand gestures be included in this book, but my publisher said it was "too expensive", which is total fucking bullshit. "

― Allison Robicelli , Robicelli's a Love Story, with Cupcakes: With 50 Decidedly Grown-Up Recipes