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[W]e are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.Anthony Lane
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Cookbooks, it should be stressed, do not belong in the kitchen at all. We keep them there for the sake of appearances; occasionally, we smear their pages together with vibrant green glazes or crimson compotes, in order to delude ourselves, and any passing browsers, that we are practicing cooks; but in all honesty, a cookbook is something you read in the living room, or in the bathroom, or in bed.Anthony Lane