"But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings, enfolded in weakness and in hope, called together to change our world one heart at a time. (163)"

-- Jean Vanier

#Heart Quotes #Our World Quotes #Sight Quotes

“To all who pass that they may see, Rock 'N' Roll was a part of me.”

Source : Nik Cohn (1971). “Arfur: teenage pinball queen: a novel”
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.”
“A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front seat, at my mother's silent shaking, my father's grim profile, the mournful bags under his eyes, and all the questions I might ask seemed abusive. Assault and battery, a question mark used like a club. My parents are old and fragile. I'd have to heartless to want to hurt them.”

Source : Margaret Peterson Haddix (2008). “Double Identity”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“Nuts they go, macadamia they go so ballistic, whoa.”
“People live for love. They kill for love. They die for love. They have songs, poems, novels, sculptures, paintings, myths, legends. It's one of the most powerful brain systems on Earth for both great joy and great sorrow.”
“Iâ€™m His girl. You donâ€™t mess with Godâ€™s girl. I got a sign on my forehead that says: You better be nice to me, for my Father owns the world.”
“Life is what you make it.”
“You remind me of everything that followed.”

Source : Jhumpa Lahiri (2004). “The Namesake: A Novel”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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