"Vikus looked at Luxa and opened his arms. She stood, still frozen, staring at him as if he were a complete stranger. "Luxa, it's your grandpa," said Gregor. It seemed like the best and most important thing to say at the moment. "It's your grandpa." Luxa blinked. A tiny tear formed at the corner of her eye. A battle took place on her face as she tried to stop the feelings rising up inside her. The feelings won, and to Gregor's great relief, she ran into Vikus's arms."

-- Suzanne Collins

#Eye Quotes #Rising Up Quotes #Grandpa Quotes

“The only time is Now. All other times - past, present, and parallel - can be accessed in this moment of Now, and may be changed for the better.”

Source : Robert Moss (2014). “The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse”, p.12, New World Library
“The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others.”
“Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.”
“He that cheats another is a knave; but he that cheats himself is a fool.”

Source : Sentence-Sermons from Brigham Young University Quarterly. The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume 70, 1908.
“There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.”

Source : Sexual Personae ch. 8 (1990)
“What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by a government determined to suppress political opposition under the guise of sedition.”
“You never fail until you stop trying.”
“Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.”

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