“Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.”
Anthony Bourdain · Medium Raw, 2010
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Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.
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