"Start with one. Get a little potted thing from the greenhouse, tend it for awhile, and if it does nothin' for you, give it back." Cobb started pulling little containers of spices down to make that mix for her.

"Make one meal for yourself and see if you like it. Maybe it's too much work. Maybe the clean up is miserable. You move on. None of it has to be permanent." He's very used to temporary pleasures in life. Take what you could, when you could and treasure it while you had it.

"If it doesn't make you happy, leave it behind."