Born Round Quotes

“I suppose there are people who can pass up free guacamole, but they're either allergic to avocado or too joyless to live.”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater

“Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thoughts in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered world has less hope for repair if reading becomes an ever smaller part of it.”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater

“But was the usual person as stunned as I was that I could get through twenty push-ups and be ready for another twenty just a minute and a half later? That I had made it to this point?”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

“Her excitement was so enormous, it didn’t leave room for darker emotions.”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

“That was the story of college: one obsession after another; an advance followed by a retreat; a breakthrough dissolving into a setback. It was a reprise of the years preceding it and an omen of the years to come.It It could be broken down into the forces and schemes that propelled me”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

“But if I’d been so fortunate as to have a God-given talent like yours, I wouldn’t have wasted it.” Mom wasn’t particularly religious, but when laying on a guilt trip, she liked to bring along backup, and she figured God was the only disapproving authority as fearsome as she.”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

“Dried pasta from a box didn’t advertise how long and hard you had labored.”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite

“Thin people, God bless them, God curse them, don't get it: If you're not thin, you need to be careful and conscious about when and how you suitors initially see you.”
― Frank Bruni, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater