"My dowry is thirty-five. A year.â€ His brows climbed. â€œYouâ€™re joking.â€ â€œI would never joke about money with a notorious thief. Just imagine, in a mere two years youâ€™re at a profit.â€ â€œHow I adore a woman who does mathematics in her head.â€ â€œI can forge signatures as well.â€ â€œSplendid. Exactly the bride Iâ€™ve been hoping for."

-- Shana Abe

#Years Quotes #Two Quotes #Thieves Quotes

“Everything had kept getting less, they'd had to leave behind more and more baggage, or else it was taken from them, as though they were now too weak to carry all those things that are part of life, as though someone were trying to force them into old age by relieving them of all this.”

Source : Jenny Erpenbeck (2011). “Visitation”, p.58, Granta Books
“Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge.”
“Prince Asaka had joined the army only about ten days before its entry into Nanking and in view of the short time he was connected with this army I do not think he can be held responsible. I would say that the Division Commanders are the responsible parties.”

Source : "Nanking: Anatomy of an Atrocity". Book by Masahiro Yamamoto, History, p. 232, 2000.
“The pervert." "He prefers to think of himself as sexual deviant." "Semantics.”
“Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.”
“Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test of reason or truth.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1191, Ravenio Books
“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”
“In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.”

Source : "Erin Burnett Outfront", www.cnn.com. April 16, 2012.

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