Grandmas Quotes

“Letting yourself be vulnerable isn't always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out.”
― Penelope Douglas, Bully

“Oh my!! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls.”
― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

“I don't have to tell you I love you. I fed you pancakes.”
― Kathleen Flinn, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family

“Some moments can only be cured with a big squishy grandma hug.”
― Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One

“Grandma, he had often wanted to say, Is this where the world began? For surely it had begun in no other than a place like this. The kitchen, without doubt, was the center of creation, all things revolved about it; it was the pediment that sustained the temple.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

“My grandma loved to be on stage entertaining people.  She loves to make people smile and laugh.  She loves to brighten other people's day.  She often calls perfect strangers her angel, as a way of witnessing, but also to encourage and build their self-esteem.”
― Lisa Bedrick, Life Stories

“Imagine homemade desserts, with pies being the star, made by two older Southern women using time-honored family recipes that elicit a feeling of nostalgia and luxury."
Brock snorted as he shook his head. "Food is a crowded field. There's no way---"
Micah held up a hand. "Let her finish."
Yeah, dumbass. Let me finish.
"This is about more than pies and desserts. It's about the story behind the desserts." I was in it now and didn't have a road map to lead me out again. "The backstory is inspiring. Two women of a certain age were married to completely useless men and ultimately forced to fend for themselves."
I let that last sentence splash around in the room's testosterone for a second.
"They rebuilt their lives by making and selling pies. Creating a business and a community around the pies that later expanded to include other desserts."
"So?" Brock excelled at missing the point and didn't disappoint here.
"Frankly, they're damn good pies. Right now, they're sold on a small scale all over the South via word of mouth and a website. They're special. Curated. Artisanal." I'd moved into the part of the pitch where I threw phrases together that may or may not have applied to pies, cupcakes, and other assorted dessert items because this room loved fancy buzzwords. "Now imagine taking this small grandma-run business nationwide. Making it the go-to dessert option for special occasions. Putting it in high-end grocery and specialty stores as well as on direct delivery. Creating demand like that lady did with cupcakes a decade or so ago."
Big fan. Loved the whole dessert family. And those cupcake vending machines? Genius.
Now I wanted a cupcake, so time to wrap this up. "If we focus on the pies for a second, once you convince people they need the pies, they'll pay for anything for those pies. Plus, you have built-in marketing gold in the form of two very feisty, self-made women who people will see as their grandmas.”
― HelenKay Dimon, The Usual Family Mayhem