As agreed, meme. I really need to mention something that isn't obligatory one of these months.

[zhilbar]

Go here and reload until you get five quotes that sum up your philosophy or outlook, then post them.

1) Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
-Arthur Ashe

2) When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
-St. Francis de Sales (Looking at YOU here, JHVH!)

3) To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love.
-Karl von Bonstetten

4) The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.
-Rod Steiger

5) I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
-Og Mandino



...You know, sometimes I think I don't give humans enough credit.

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[mistressnaoko.livejournal.com]

Naoko took a pastry and sniffed, trying to remember what went in.

"Butter, some flour, red peppers, sour cream and some cheese, I think," Sukina was usually more well-versed in cooking than she was. "You would not happen to be lactose-intolerant, would you, Kage-san?"

[zhilbar.livejournal.com]

"I usually like to add a mineral filling, maybe a blend of some ground gemstones if I'm feeling particularly fancy, but that's a matter of limited appeal to others." He'll go ahead and make a dismissive little headwiggle. "The onions really get brought out by that faintest hint of bell pepper, though! There's just something about the alchemy of cooking that I always enjoyed."

Meanwhile, the guy over there with the Turkish delight is just standing patiently with uncovered tray; all in good time.

[kage-himoto.livejournal.com]

There is a polite bow to Naoko as he takes a pastry and eats. "No, Ma'am, but dairy and egg are really the only animal-based things I find it comfortable to eat. This is good though, thank you."

"And I probably couldn't feed from the minerals, Goldilocks, but they wouldn't harm me as they would others. Now wood, a nice cedar or hickory, would work well with onions." You are being Teased, Zhilbar.