#pie

I didn’t know what was more disturbing—the fact that something was obviously wrong, or that three faculty members of the world’s premiere spy school had forgotten to lock the door. ↗

— Ally Carter

#spies #spy #love

Pierce took a step back to put more space between us. “I demanded too much,” he said, his sadness at himself, not me. “I see in your heart you found someone who makes you strong who does not hold too tight, who has learned that the pain of losing you to fate is more than the pain of you dying in a cage. Who is he? ↗

— Kim Harrison

#pierce #rachel-morgan #love

A righteous wife is a respectful wife. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#marriage #piety #religious #respect #righteous

When love is at the base of something, it is a masterpiece. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #life #love #masterpiece #inspirational

MAKING AN EFFORT Our so-called limitations, I believe, apply to faculties we don't apply. We don't discover what we can't achieve until we make an effort not to try. ↗

— Piet Hein

#piet-hein #inspirational

With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible. ↗

— Luc Ferrari

#control #difficult #gestural #going #i

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. ↗

— Harold Ross

#back #day #few #filled #his

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#assistance #breaking #broken #broken-glass #commuity

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. ↗

— George Santayana

#nothing #pierce #sigh #soul #uttermost

I would rather be a conscious wrongdoer than a mindless saint. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#forgiveness #god #god-consciousness #mindful-of-god #piety