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“My little French friends were, I was astonished to find, allowed to have a cigarette on Sunday, were given watered vin ordinaire at”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

“Rise above our physical limitations. Find hobbies that rest and replenish us. Develop a reliable, disciplined routine. Spend time getting active outdoors. Seek out solitude and perspective. Learn to sit—to do nothing when called for. Get enough sleep and rein in our workaholism. Commit to causes bigger than ourselves.”
― Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key

“Joe,” he said, “how does it feel that our host only yesterday may have made more money than your novel has earned in its entire history?” “I’ve got something he can never have,” Heller replied. “And what on earth could that be?” Vonnegut asked. “The knowledge that I’ve got enough.”
― Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key

“baking bread splits in places and those cracks, while not intended in the baker’s art, catch our eye and serve to stir our appetite,” or the “charm and allure” of nature’s process, the “stalks of ripe grain bending low, the frowning brow of the lion, the foam dripping from the boar’s mouth.”
― Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key