#pie

Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#base #below #bridges #buildings #dark

Snagging the ball from Pietr, Derek leaned in and snapped, “What? You think you’re a bad-ass because you’ve got a tattoo?” Derek body-checked Pietr with a force that would have sent anybody else onto the floor. Pietr wobbled but didn’t even move his feet to compensate. A minute later Derek skidded across the gym floor. Pietr was methodically dribbled and passed the ball between them. I saw him mouth the phrase “That’s why I’m a bad-ass! ↗

— Shannon Delany

#life

I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#drop #i #me #out #pieces

God always has another custard pie up his sleeve. ↗

— Lynn Redgrave

#another #custard #custard pie #god #his

You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something-it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that. ↗

— Nick Rhodes

#duran #emotive #happy #i #i think

A good interpreter can take a piece of bad music and make it sound pretty decent, while a bad interpreter can take good music and make it sound cheap. I can tell that some people have a bad taste, and unlike on the piano, they smear around a lot, that is bad taste. ↗

— Ruggiero Ricci

#bad #bad taste #cheap #decent #good

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#america #computer #copies #duplicate #even

I don't want to play games with anybody, to our fans, to Pierre Lacroix, or any other NHL team that might have interest in me. ↗

— Patrick Roy

#anybody #fans #games #i #interest

I think it's cooler when girls have favorite pieces of clothing rather than an entirely new wardrobe every few months. ↗

— Cameron Russell

#cooler #entirely #every #favorite #few

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short. ↗

— Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

#life #paul-and-virginie #paul-et-virginie #pessimism #pessimistic