“This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!”
― My Life in France
― My Life in France
“Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the practices with which we were raised. In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for the power that created us.”
― Angels & Demons
― Angels & Demons
“Let us tenderly and kindly cherish therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write .”
― The works of John Adams,: Second President of the United States
― The works of John Adams,: Second President of the United States
“Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.”
― The Graveyard Book
― The Graveyard Book
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