#day

The way to beat Luke," he said. "If I'm right, it's the only way you'll stand a chance." I took a deep breath. "Okay. I'm listening." Nico glanced inside my room. His eyebrows furrowed. "Is that...is that blue birthday cake?" He sounded hungry, maybe a little wistful. I wondered if the poor kid had ever had a birthday party, or if he'd ever even been invited to one. :Come inside for cake and ice cream," I said. "It sounds like we've got a lot to talk about. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#blue-food #nico-di-angelo #percy-jackson #food

The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood-- Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good. ↗

— T.S. Eliot

#good-friday #jesus #spirituality #food

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#end #harm #intuitive #power #protect

Tapi anehnya, kebanyakan orang-orang yang niru budaya Barat itu suka serba tanggung. Nirunya separo-separo. Budaya pupnya, ditiru. Budaya kumpul kebonya, ditiru. Budaya makan junk food-nya, ditiru. Budaya mabok-mabokannya, ditiru. Tapi pas giliran budaya tertibnya, ga ditiru. Budaya disiplinnya, ga ditiru. Termasuk budaya kerja kerasnya, ga ditiru. Ini payah namanya. Sok kebarat-baratan. ↗

— Jabogar

#food

I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden. ↗

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

#even #i #i believe #i believe that #religion

Yesterday was the last day on the calender of the past. Tomorrow will be the first day on the calender of the future. Today is both the first and the last day of the present. Use it well. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#calender #days #first #food-for-thought #future

One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure. ↗

— Sarojini Naidu

#any #avail #complete #gifts #i

On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage. ↗

— Aberjhani

#forgiveness #intolerance #national-poetry-month #peace #popular-quotes

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#compensation #dynamic #element #important #material

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#beat #bitter #days #freedom #head