Luisa Weiss > Quotes

“So I had nothing to distract me from my books and their other worlds that swallowed me whole, from Narnia to the Wisconsin woods, from a small town in Sweden to the red earth of Prince Edward Island. Nothing and no one interested me as much as my books.”
― Luisa Weiss

“I couldn't will my beloved Berlin streets across the world or make the people I loved appear when I needed them, but by summoning the flavors of Berlin and the foods of my loved ones, my kitchen became my sanctuary, the stove my anchor.

Distance means nothing when your kitchen smells like home.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“Distance means nothing when your kitchen smells like home.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“The baker has to have not only strength and fortitude, but patience too.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“I want to tell you that even when you have found your person in this world, the person who you know, deep down in your mitochondrial DNA, is meant to be by your side in this life, it is no guarantee that this person will not also drive you completely batshit insane at some moments along the way.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“In Berlin, I worked from home, were the only other women sat sedately on my bookshelves. They were good company, it has to be said, but a little quiet.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“You, and only you, determine your own fate. You get only one change at this life. Do something with your life; open your heart to risk. At some point, enough is enough and you must think of the biggest leap you can fathom and then take it.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story

“I firmly believed that summer birthdays needed to be celebrated in a big way, taking advantage of the long days and warm nights.”
― Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen: A Love Story