Luke

“What’s that there Slivovitz like?” Helmholtz asked the bartender, squinting at a dusty bottle on the bottom row. He had just finished a sloe gin rickey. “I didn’t even know we had it,” said the bartender. He put the bottle on the bar, tilting it away from himself so he could read the label. “Prune brandy,” he said. “Believe I’ll try that next,” said Helmholtz.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

“If you make friends with the other party, they will look for ways to help you meet your goals.”
― Stuart Diamond, Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work & Life

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
― Rumi