Paul Cebulak

“You can explore the world with such simple pleasures. You don’t need to travel. You don’t need to spend a fortune. You just need a sense of adventure, a desire to savor every taste that you can put in your mouth. My dad loved to do that. One Christmas he came home with four kiwi fruits. It was the first time I ever saw a kiwi in my life. The newspapers had just published stories about the arrival of the kiwi fruit, and I guess my father had to be one of the first people to buy one. If I had to explain the feeling, it was like buying a new iPhone for the first time. They were not cheap, and my mom was furious about the cost. But it was too late. I remember vividly seeing this bright green flesh with what looked like small black sesame seeds. My mom was not too happy that my dad was leaving so much green flesh on the skin. It didn’t matter. The taste and the sensation were stunning: fresh, juicy, sweet, and acidic—all at the same time. I had never experienced anything like it. I didn’t even know if it was good or not. It was just the first time in my life that I had tasted this strange new fruit.”
― José Andrés, Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs

“If you’re not actively creating, or if you’re going on a trip and you haven’t actively created content to publish during said trip, you will go effectively back to the back of the line,”
― Taylor Lorenz, Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet