“Life isn’t about arriving at your destination, it’s about how many shots you take on the plane.. Your goal should always be to enjoy the ride as much as you can.”

—	Nice is Just a Place in France

While Nice is just a place in France, happiness will always be a foreign state of mind. But fuck it. Let's rage.

The Betches, Nice is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everything

So hold your head up high, reserve your smiles for those who really deserve them, and let the world know it’s your bitch.

The Betches, Nice Is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everything

And even if you don’t have material possessions, pretending like you have your shit together is the best way to have your shit together until you actually do.

The Betches, Nice Is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everything

If you find yourself caring about something, just remind yourself that you don’t need to give a fuck. Caring is for nicegirls.

The Betches, Nice Is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everything

Limit yourself to wines with names you can’t pronounce that are made from grapes harvested during or before Full House season one.

The Betches, Nice Is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everyth

Tears are like lies. The more you use them, the less they’re worth. The moral of the story is: STOP FUCKING CRYING.

The Betches, Nice Is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everything

“But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in the light or lie down in darkness”

—	The Isle of Blood, Rick Yanc

“There are moments when you can’t believe something wonderful is happening. And there are moments when your entire consciousness is filled with knowing absolutely that something wonderful is happening.”

—	Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“I stood in front of my mirror and turned slowly, watching the skirt twirl up and fall around my knees. I wanted to be a girl that could wear a dress like this. Instead, the girl in the mirror looked back at me, and I hardly recognized her. She was just some strange girl who’d tumbled off a pyramid, falling into a dream, and now waited, in a beautiful dress, like some princess in a forgotten fairy tale, for someone to come save her.”

—	Dreamland; Sarah Dessen

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing. 

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” 

― Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter-faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. 

To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. 

Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food. The body, these waterheads imagine, is a temple that should not be polluted by animal protein. It's healthier, they insist, though every vegetarian waiter I've worked with is brought down by any rumor of a cold. 

Oh, I'll accomodate them, I'll rummage around for something to feed them, for a 'vegetarian plate', if called on to do so. Fourteen dollars for a few slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini suits my food cost fine.” 

― Anthony Bourdain in Kitchen Confidental

“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.” 

― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

"In our travels, we have come across many equations--math for understanding the universe, for making music, for mapping stars, and also for tipping, which is important. Here is our favorite equation: Us plus Them equals All of Us. It is very simple math. Try it sometime. You probably won’t even need a pencil."

-The Copenhagen Interpertagtion, ffrom 'Going Bovine', by Libba Bray

Tzu-kung asked about government. The Master said, “Sufficient food, sufficient weapons, and the confidence of the common people.” Tzu-kung said, “Suppose you were forced to dispense with one of these three, which would you forgo?” The Master said, “Weapons.” Tzu-kung said, “Suppose you were forced to dispense with one of the two that were left, which would you forgo?” The Master said, “Food. For…death has been the lot of all men, but a people that no longer trusts its rulers is lost indeed.”
--Confucius, Analects

The single most powerful statement to come out of brain research…is this:
“We are as different from one another on the inside of our heads as we appear to be different on the outside of our heads.”
--Robert Fulghum, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It

Is my occupation what I get paid money for, or is it something larger and wider and richer—a matter of who I am or how I think about myself. Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that’s worthwhile are not the same thing. Living the good life and living a good life are not the same thing. A job title doesn’t even come close to answering the question, “What do you do?”
--Robert Fulghum, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It