Quotes from Brad Kessler

A book is like a key that fits into the tumbler of the soul. The two parts have to match in order for each to unlock. Then— click —a world opens.

She'd observed this before: how -- ironically -- it took death to make one feel momentarily alive, truly present, minute to minute.

Every raw-milk cheese is an artifact of the land; it carries the imprint of the earth from which it came. A cheese—even a fresh chèvre—is never just a thing to put in your mouth. It's a living piece of geography. A sense of place.

Wherever the notion of paradise exists, so does the idea that it was lost.