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21 " We were having the best time working together, too, except when he'd make a mistake on an order and I'd have to be an advocate for my customer. I always mentioned it sweetly."You didn't say hold the bacon, Hope.""Barverman, I said it twice.""You must have said it to someone else.""I said it to you."Clang."Don't clang pots at me. "
― Joan Bauer , Hope Was Here
22 " Harrison wrote a two-page poem about his deep feelings of loss when his dog Filbert died, and Mrs. Minerva, the creative writing teacher, gave it a B-minus. Do you know what that does to a a person to get a B-minus in Grief? "
23 " It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry. "
24 " Perchance, I would listen. Have you said anything? "
25 " Finally he said, "Hope, do you want to have dinner with me sometime?"I dropped a plastic bottle of Gulden's.We looked at it on the floor. Neither of us picked it up."I mean, I know we have dinner a lot when we're working. I meant out someplace. Together." Braverman picked up the Gulden's bottle, handed it to me. He coughed. "A date."I said, "What is this, an epidemic?"I backed out the door and left Braverman in the supply closet.I don't get asked out too much either. "
26 " To quote Shirley Polanski, head waitress at the Humdinger Diner: "Beware of a big man whose stomach doesn't move when he laughs."I think a Chinese philosopher said it first, but these things trickle down to the food service community. "
27 " Was it alright?""It was fine.""What aspect of the definition of fine was it?""We had a decent time."I've been to Walgreens and had a decent time. "
28 " I've got my Replogle globe, because you've got to keep a world view, you can't just live like you're the only person on the planet who matters "
29 " But through it all I held Mrs. Pettibone's words in my heart-the ones she spoke to me after the funeral when she took my hand, looked into my face and said, "You've got your father's eyes. "
30 " Huevos up. Swing up to the window, swing back to Al B. Hall, who says, "Bless you," and would I get him a bottle of Satan's Red-Hot Revenge for the eggs?Sure thing, Pastor. "
31 " Addie always keeps her promises. That's why my mother gave me to her. "
32 " now i believe that the way to anyone's heart is through their stomach, and, my boy, i'm here to tell you, we ware in the heart business. we're going to reach deep past the menu and into the emotional power of food because a person comes back to a restaurant again and again for one reason only - to fee their soul. "
33 " If you stick that anger behind you, one day you're going to turn around and find it's gone. "
34 " I watched that plant in the office every day.Watered it; misted it. I loved thinking about it like G.T. said, but part of me was worried the tree surgery wouldn't take. Something would go wrong and then I"d be stuck with a metaphor that couldn't go the distance. "
35 " I think hope is just about the best thing a person can have "
36 " i mean, jillian gushed. you have this force connecting you. it's under the surface, but it runs deep. "
37 " I don't expect life to be easy. It hasn't been yet and I'm not holding out for smooth sailing in the future. Not everyone likes this philosophy, but it makes sense to me because when life hits the skids, I don't have to regroup as much as the people who walk around in a cloud like the world owes them a joyful existence. "
38 " You've got to love yourself with all your shortcomings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets. "
39 " Here I was - my body heading to one place, my heart stuck in another. My mind's got questions and no answers.$ "
40 " Each time she told me, 'Hon, leaving you with Addie was the best thing I could have done for you. You need constants in your life.' She had a different hair color each time she said it. "