The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

...true love is an irrevocable act - you can only give your heart away once - after that, you give as much as you have left ...

Leftovers are less tasty if they were left over by someone else, unless you are poor.

I unwrapped my love for her like one might unwrap leftovers. Gotta eat up the old stuff first, as a cannibal might say in a retirement home.

Weren't you wearing a purity ring when we got here? Aren't you supposed to be saving yourself?" Shanti asked. "Yeah," Mary Lou answered. "And then I thought, for what? You save leftovers. My sex is not a leftover, and it is not a Christmas present.