"Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made."

-- Ellen Goodman

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“When you are out of your comfort zone God can do what only He can do.”
“Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.”
“The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.”
“Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular.”
“And the fact that Emmett Till, a young black man, could be found floating down the river in Mississippi, as, indeed, many had been done over the years, this set in concrete the determination of people to move forward.”

Source : "Eyes on the Prize" Interview, repository.wustl.edu. November 7, 1985.
“I think I'd like to be remembered as someone who beat the odds through just plain determination. ... that I persevered. Because I think that being somewhat of a pest to life, constantly plaguing and pursuing, will bring results.”
“Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.”
“A shrieking rise of power rushed into my pathways, rocking me against the wall. Ido's body slammed into mine. He was not going to let go. Not now. The Rat Dragon howled, his heavy blue force driven back by the onslaught of sinuous gold. Raw,rejoicing energy flooded my seven centers of power; opening,pushing, seeking. And behind it all, a presence exulting in the joy of release and reunion. I looked up and finally my mind-sight was clear. I could see the Mirror Dragon. My Dragon.”

Source : Alison Goodman (2010). “Eon”, p.310, Penguin

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