Joseph Santos

“My great complaint is that the only possession I carry about with me is a bag of losses. I am the owner solely of the memory of things I used to have. Perhaps it is well--for I seem to love them more now that I have them not.”
― John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold

“Having a sous-chef with excellent cooking skills and a criminal mind is one of God's great gifts.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“Treading along in this dreamlike, illusory realm,
Without looking for the traces I may have left;
A cuckoo's song beckons me to return home;
Hearing this, I tilt my head to see
Who has told me to turn back;

But do not ask me where I am going,
As I travel in this limitless world,
Where every step I take is my home.”
― Eihei Dogen

“And I realize that no matter where I am, whether in a little room full of thought, or in this endless universe of stars and mountains, it's all in my mind.”
― Jack Kerouac