Mandolins Cookies Quotes & Sayings

Between wisdom and a good shield, always prefer the wisdom, because no shield can protect us better than wisdom! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise she was perfect. — Truman Capote

To me, if the writing doesn't have rhythm, it feels dead. I lose all confidence. The music has to emerge to feel confident enough to move on to the next major chapter. — Matt De La Pena

Less than two centuries later, the Macedonian Greek Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, completing this task in a matter of months, but remaining long enough to found the city of Alexandria, whose site he selected in 331 BC at what was then the western mouth of the Nile delta. After this, in what appeared to be a characteristic act of hubris, but was in fact an attempt to win over the local priesthood, Alexander sacrificed to the sacred bull Apis and had himself crowned pharaoh. — Paul Strathern

The forgiveness that comes of patient interpretation seems impossible when those nearest to your heart are threatened. — Giles Foden