The Bodega at the End of the Internet

When I remove the extraneous, it gives me a chance to savor what’s left. The flavors can really shine.

And my experience of this is that life is really revealed when I have less in front of me.

we mistakenly spend time figuring out how to win the game we're in instead of choosing which game to play in the first place.

This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

If you want to understand others, you must start by

understanding yourself.

over and over again

it becomes known

the peace we seek

is seeking us

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.