"Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor prepared from cocoa, and of an aphrodisiac nature, as we were told, was presented to him in golden cups... I observed a number of jars, above fifty, brought in, filled with foaming chocolate of which he took some..."

-- Bernal Diaz del Castillo

#Country Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Chocolate Quotes

“My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school.”
“Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.”
“As animal rights activists, we have the duty to fight for the animal to live, not die.”
“I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.”
“It is weight that gives meaning to weightlessness...”

Source : Isamu Noguchi, Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Bonnie Rychlak, Isamu Noguchi Foundation (2004). “A sculptor's world”, Steidl / Edition7L
“The local shepherd, I vividly remember his old Barbour jacket, with a hipflask in the pocket. It just feels very familiar - like part of my childhood. The smell of the wax. Whenever I put one on now, it just feels comforting.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.”

Source : Sir Compton Mackenzie (1950). “Tight Little Island”
“I loved her as the sun loves the flower: ever-present, nourishingly, and gently.”

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