Dev Ainslie

“The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are the things we say back to ourselves to explain our complicated lives.”
― Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who's Been There

“It is the connection between customer and purveyor that makes our interactions stronger, to me eating well is not just about what tastes good but about the connections that are made through the food itself. I am hardly saying anything new by stating that our links to food have practically disappeared between sheets of plastic wrap but what are also disappearing are the wonderful vital human connections that we make when we buy something we love to eat from someone who loves to sell it, who bought it from someone who loves to grow it, catch it, or raise it. Whether we know it or not, great comfort is found in these relationships and they are very much a part of what solidifies a community.”
― Stanley Tucci, Taste: My Life Through Food

“You love like that only once in a lifetime—you can love from a place of innocence only once. It always leads to the deepest hurt, and after that, you’re changed and hardened by it.”
― Kelly Rimmer, Before I Let You Go

“The lies we tell ourselves are always the most dangerous. I think it's instinct; self-preservation is a fundamental part of our DNA.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers