Richard C. Morais

“That moment, that moment was the pinnacle of my life, these famous and distinguished people on their feet, my camarades de cuisine,…

— Richard C. Morais

“A lot of emotion went into that hundred-foot journey, cardboard suitcase in hand, from one side of Lumière’s boulevard to the other.”

— Richard C. Morais

“there are many points in life when we cannot see what awaits us around the corner, and it is precisely at such…

— Richard C. Morais

“But this you must know: the violent murder of a mother- when a boy is at the tender age, when he is…

— Richard C. Morais

“But even in hell there are moments when the light reaches you.”

— Richard C. Morais

“I do think you have to change with the times in a way that renews your core essence, not abandons it. To…

— Richard C. Morais

“Have you noticed, to get fresh air into a house after a hard winter, you must sometimes use a little force to…

— Richard C. Morais

“My dear man, a gourmand is a gentleman with the talent and fortitude to continue eating even when he is not hungry.”

— Richard C. Morais

“never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.”

— Richard C. Morais

“Never be afraid of trying something new, Hassan. Very important. It is the spice of life.”

— Richard C. Morais

“Bring him his Calvados immédiatement or I will slap your face,” snapped Le Comte de Nancy. The ashen-faced waiter raced off and…

— Richard C. Morais

“The life of a man is like a ball in the river, the Buddhist texts state - no matter what our will…

— Richard C. Morais

“But of course, no family is an island unto itself. It is always part of a larger culture: a community.”

— Richard C. Morais

“Observe this lotus flower blooming before us in the pond. If you study it hard, really look, you will see that below…

— Richard C. Morais

“But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things”

— Richard C. Morais

“When we arrived, the sun was setting, like a mango sorbet dripping over the horizon; the platinum rolls of the Mediterranean produced…

— Richard C. Morais

“I miss my old life”

— Richard C. Morais

“Go. You are working very hard, Hassan. You deserve some fun. I will take care of Mehtab and your aunt, don’t you…

— Richard C. Morais

“Energetic cockroaches, antennae waving, scampered across the trays of raw shellfish and sea bream to his elbow, and at his fingertips were…

— Richard C. Morais

“...the balance sheet of her life, an endless list of credits and debits, of accomplishments and failures, small acts of kindness and…

— Richard C. Morais

“My friends, the hardest thing, when you reach a certain level, is to stay fresh, day in and day out. The world…

— Richard C. Morais

“All this sea of humanity reassured me that as alien as i felt, there were always others in the world far odder…

— Richard C. Morais

“A powerful thing, destiny. You can't run from it. Not in the end.”

— Richard C. Morais