“I see you looking at my cookies,' my father said to Morelli. 'Don't even think about it. Go get your own cookies.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

“I looked at the canine companion. “Me cookies. You stay.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“Is there a cookie at the end of this lecture?… I got a cookie after all… Dear god, the cookie was poisoned.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

“So you have you price," I said with a mouthful of crumbs. "Your soul for a cookie." Fang made sure Dr. Martinez wasn't looking and then shot me the bird.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

“We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sicker on no cookies at all.”

Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright

“Let me tell you what really happened… Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up.”

Richard Pryor (1940–2005) American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer, and MC

“I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world's greatest chocolate chip cookie, and my heart does a little dance.”

Nora Ephron book Heartburn

“You can be miserable before you have a cookie and you can be miserable after you eat a cookie but you can't be miserable while you are eating a cookie.”

Ina Garten (1948) American author and television presenter