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1 " A week after my drugs ran out, I left my bed to perform at the college, deciding at the last minute to skip both the doughnut toss and the march of the headless plush toys. Instead, I just heated up a skillet of plastic soldiers, poured a milkshake over my head and called it a night. "
― David Sedaris
2 " Das mine!' protested Ava, Bennie's daughter, affirming Alex's recent theory that language acquisition involved a phase of speaking German. She snatched a plastic skillet away from his own daughter, Cara-Ann, who lurched after it, roaring, 'Mine pot! Mine pot! "
― Jennifer Egan , A Visit from the Goon Squad
3 " I want to kiss you," I say, " but I seem to be holding this cat." Skunk lifts his hand and touches it to the side of my face. His fingers are warm from carrying the hot skillet to the table. He regards me very seriously, and for a moment I wonder if he's about to tell me we should Focus on Bicycle Repair. Instead he just looks at me for a very long time." You're beautiful," says Skunk, " and completely batshit. "
4 " On Sundays Mom invariably ran out of money, which is when she cracked eggs into the skillet over cubes of fried black sourdough bread. It was, I think, the most delicious and eloquent expression of pauperism. "
― Anya von Bremzen , Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing
5 " I'll accept your apology on one condition." He folded his arms across his chest." Anything?" " You trust me." I cocked my head to the side. " I trust you, Cam." " No, you don't." He walked over to my small table and pulled out a chair. " Have a seat." Sitting down, I tugged the hem of his shirt down as he headed back to the stove, putting the tiny skillet over the burner." If you trusted me, you wouldn't have reacted the way you did," he simply said, cracking an egg. " And that's not me judging you or any of that kind of shit. You got to trust me that I'm not going to be an ass or freak out over that kind of stuff. You have to trust that I care enough about you. "
6 " A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. "
