"Other pirates leaped over the railing. One, two... seven... thirteen. A bakerâ€™s dozen. Wait, fifteen. Eighteen... Twenty-one. The odds werenâ€™t in our favor. â€œMaybe they just came over to borrow a cup of sugar,â€ I said. Andrea barked a short laugh. Curran put his hand on my shoulder. â€œThatâ€™s a lot of sugar. Must be a big cake."

-- Ilona Andrews

#Hands Quotes #Cake Quotes #Two Quotes

“If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation are methods where you can actually obtain God perception. In that way you can see, hear and play with God. Perhaps this may sound weird, but God is really there next to you.”
“I don't like to think of it as 'stolen'. They have no proof that I didn't plan on giving it back." "You're kidding, right?" He shrugged. "You have no proof either." She squinted back at him. "Were you planning on giving it back?" "Maybe." An orange light blinked on in the corner of Cinder's vision-her cyborg programming picking up on the lie.”
“I think weâ€™re lied to about a number of things,”
“The function of art is to make that understood which in the form of argument would be incomprehensible.”
“Over-eating is the most worthy of sins. It neither breaks up marriages nor causes road accidents.”
“Riches do not make one rich but busy.”

Source : "La Celestina". Play by Fernando de Rojas, 1499.
“When bow-hunting, you find you get closer to the woodland critters. The flora and the forest floor becomes clearer. You look at things more closely. You're moreaware. You know the limited range of the bow is only 40 yards or so. You must try to outwait that approaching deer. Careful not to make the slightest movement or sound hoping that your scent won't suddenly waft his way. That's when you'll know for sure and appreciate deeply what bow-hunting is all about.”
“Forbearance is a form of generosity.”

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