DC Allen Quotes

There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters.

Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for.

He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.

Girls like us, when we love, it takes everything we have.

She accepted it from then on. Books liked her. Books wanted to look after her.

The area was encompassed in a bubble of warm, fragrant steam from the funnel cake deep fryers. It smelled like sweet vanilla cake batter you licked off a spoon.

If they just carried on like always, everything would be ok.

My writing process is very organic. I start with an idea. I have the general story arc and the cast. But then I sit down to write, and things change.

There was an art to the male posterior. That's all there was to it.

I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

I should let people in. If they leave, they leave. If I break, I break. It happens to everyone. Right?

He'd always been fascinated by her, drawn to her the way curious people are always drawn to things they don't understand.

Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.

First frost meant letting go, so it was always reason to celebrate.

Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.

For stubborn souls like Lisette, death was easier than the courage it took to actually change your life.

Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't.

Being left makes you doubt your ability to keep people, even friends.

Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper.

How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us?

Some of the best people i know are fools', Evanelle said. 'The strongest people I know.

Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence.

It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.

People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.

Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.

When you know something’s wrong, but you don’t know exactly what it is, the air around you changes.

Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.

But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.

You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?

How could someone with a life this full feel this empty?

That, they knew, was true friendship. And they knew, if you're lucky enough to find it, you hold on to it.

Physical fitness is in. I recently had a physical fit myself.

We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.

Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.

It benefits all artists to help one another - it raises the whole profession.

To me, the kitchen is a place of adventure and entirely fun, not drudgery. I can't think of anything better to do with family and friends than to be together to create something.

I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.

Buying stock is exactly the same thing as going to a casino, only with no cocktail service.

Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.

In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food television, to travel and taste and learn about cooking from the best chefs in the business.

The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.

The world is full of people who would like nothing better than to spend six hours on a golf course. I would rather be chopping shallots.

Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.

It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

I am much more interested in the process than results.

For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.