We don't learn to love each other well in the easy moments. Anyone is good company at a cocktail party. But love is born when we misunderstand one another and make it right, when we cry in the kitchen, when we show up uninvited with magazines and granola bars, in an effort to say, I love you.

Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes (ed. Zondervan, 2013) - ISBN: 9780310598879