loaves quotes

And they say unto him,We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 112

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew14:17.

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

-Bible (NewTestament)
St  John 6:9.

I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.

- Bernard Malamud
  Interview in Paris Review, Spring.