Manhattan is a narrow island off the coast of New Jersey devoted to the pursuit of lunch.

The noncook is in a helpless position, much like that of the car owner who can’t change a tire and has to depend on mechanics to keep his automobile running.

Sichuan food would not be Sichuanese without the hot chilies that arrived before 1700 from South America.

Arthur Rimbaud was a disreputable, mean, ruthless, perverse, hateful wretch. He was also one of the greatest poets who ever lived.

Only the river is free, always changing but always the same.

Nevertheless, four hours after dawn they began dying for their cause.

We claim to have the light in the Church yet we want to lock ourselves within the four walls of that same Church.

The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.

The argument of danger only applies to those who live in relative safety.

Fractures well cured make us more strong.

The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

I've been out on the periphery.

Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return.

The greatest poverty is not to live In a physical world, to feel that one's desire Is too difficult to tell from despair.

The major labels, they roll with whatever is making money. I don't know if R&B turned into making banjo music and it sounded like blue grass, they'll buy it if it's selling.