Uttami

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
― Helen Keller

“Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed! ”
― Hergé, The Shooting Star

“Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together.

“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.”
“Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.”
― Marie Lu, Champion

“Literature is news that stays news.”
― Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading