“You lose nothing when fighting for a cause. In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause to care about.” Muhammad Ali
“I must confess a shameful secret: I love Chicago best in the cold.”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City
“Chicago has disappointed her enemies and astonished the world”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City
“your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“nature or nurture' said the professor. 'Whichever way the parents are to blame”
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
“Place has always been important to me, and one thing today's Chicago exudes, as it did in 1893, is a sense of place. I fell in love with the city, the people I encountered, and above all the lake and its moods, which shift so readily from season to season, day to day, even hour to hour.”
― The Devil in the White City
― The Devil in the White City
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