A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Dorothy C. Fisher, quoted in O Magazine, May 2003

There is?nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people. H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003

What children take from us, they give?We become people who feel more deeply, question more deeply, hurt more deeply, and love more deeply. Sonia Taitz, O Magazine, May 2003

The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous. Anna Quindlen, O Magazine, May 2003

Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard, O Magazine, November 2003

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. M. F. K. Fisher, O Magazine, November 2003

God creates men, but they choose each other. Niccolo Machiavelli, quoted in O Magazine, November 2003

First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms. Kristin Hunter, O Magazine, November 2003