“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.” — Anthony Bourdain · The Nasty Bits, 2006
“Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” — Anthony Bourdain · Kitchen Confidential, 2000
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard · Journals, 1843
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” — Oscar Wilde · The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Will Durant · The Story of Philosophy, 1926