Willo Beck Quotes

“Sometimes you have to realize that the only constant in life is change."
"Wow! Very profound," Willo said with a chuckle. "Did you know Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, said that a very, very long time ago?"
"No," Gordon said. "You learned a lot in college."
"I guess I did," Willo said. Then she laughed. "But if knowing a dead Greek philosopher is all I know, I'm in for big trouble in the real world."
"My dad says, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.'"
"That's a Chinese proverb," Willo said admiringly.
"Sort of my family's philosophy in life and work," he said. "I tell my dad, 'If we don't catch fish, we're having a Swanson TV dinner.'"
"I don't know if that proverb will catch on," Willo said.”
― Viola Shipman, The Recipe Box

“The apple blossoms were in full bloom, and the orchard looked as if it had been dusted in pink snow. Every few seconds, a gusty, warm wind bellowed down the hillside and into the bay, a roar followed by a brief silence in which another sound would emerge: the hum of bees on the blossoms.
"Reminds me of The Wizard of Oz when the movie turned into Technicolor," Willo said, pushing up the sleeves on her long-sleeved T-shirt. "Feels like May.”
― Viola Shipman, The Recipe Box