Grandfather Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson

I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather…

— Amber Rose

Apparently, my grandfather left from Cork to America without saying goodbye to his mother! The family in Longford is still not happy about that.

— Peggy Johnson

My own wandering blood comes from my seafaring grandfather, who, after he had left the sea and settled on shore, still governed his house…

— W. H. Davies

I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age was that…

— Morris Gleitzman

i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i was 14…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Across the gulf of centuries, the blind smile of Homer is turned upon our age. Along the echoing corridors of time, the roar of…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired…

— Madeline Miller

“You are like Odysseus, who could go out onto the great sea, lose all his goods and his friends, come to the boundaries of…

— Gillian Bradshaw

As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind…

— Salman Rushdie

“What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked. “Keep your spirits up.” Lycon sheathed the dagger he’d used to chisel the…

— Sulari Gentill

It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea…

— Barry S. Strauss

But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time…

— Anonymous