otherwise delightful

The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.

i prefer to go to bed with yearnings rather than worries.

Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness.

Plus on lit, plus on se rend compte de n’avoir rien lu.

(The more one reads, the more one realizes one has read nothing.)

Look with all your eyes, look.

I’m happy that Eve ate that damn apple. I love clothes.

I never have, never will claim a high degree of maturity.

If you not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.

Step outside, summertime’s in bloom!

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

The law of diminishing returns is definitely paramount. What that means is the more you have of something, the less you like it. So my goal is to give the guests an experience with the food and the wine that leaves them wanting just a little bit more. Certainly with the food, you know, one, two, three, four bites — when that dish is finished and your guest says: “God, I wish I still had one more bite” … that’s what we’re trying to achieve.