“She is pasty and podgy, with the eyes of a currant bun, suddenly protruding with animation.”

“You could no more make an agreement with them than you could nail currant jelly to a wall - and the failure to nail current jelly to a wall is not due to the nail; it is due to the currant jelly.”

“I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.”

“Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.”

“If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!”

“If I bought a company that made hot dog buns, on Day 1 we would add two buns to every package… Day 2, work on deliciousness.”

“She looked into the staring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of heartbroken rage seized her. She lifted her little savage hand and knocked Emily off the chair, bursting into a passion of sobbing- Sara who never cried.”

“The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.”

“My anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns, hon.”

“The mother… swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.”