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Where are you heading, if you’ve got the choice?” James lifted an invisible sword. “‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.” Snape made a small, disparaging noise. James turned on him. “Got a problem with that?” “No,” said Snape, though his slight sneer said otherwise. “If you’d rather be brawny than brainy —” “Where’re you hoping to go, seeing as you’re neither?” interjected Sirius. J. K. Rowling
If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded and that a modern system of science had been introduced which possessed much greater powers than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimerical, while those of the former were real and practical, under such circumstances I should certainly have thrown Agrippa aside and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Physical things are eloquent tokens of ideas, enriched by new meanings through time even when the tokens are no more than evanescent paper representations. Mary Catherine Bateson
Frankly," said the Doctor, "I am at a loss to understand my own emotions. I can think of no entertainment that fills me with greater detestation than a display of competitive athletics, none - except possibly folk dancing. Evelyn Waugh
That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more seperate on life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind. Mitch Albom
The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned. J. K. Rowling
If he had known how many men in history have had to use a hill to die one it would not have cheered him any for, in the moment he was passing through, men are not impressed by what has happened to the other men in similar circumstances any more than a widow of one day is helped by the knowledge that other loved husbands have died. Ernest Hemingway
Meg Cabot quote: "But I had loved him. A part of me still did. Maybe more than a..."
But I had loved him. A part of me still did. Maybe more than a part of me, because I'm a complete moron. Meg Cabot
It is the moment when our resolution seems about to become irrevocable - when the fatal iron gates are about to close upon us - that tests our strength. Then, after hours of clear reasoning and firm conviction, we snatch at any sophistry that will nullify our long struggles, and bring us the defeat that we love better than victory. George Eliot
It was a true conversation. About whether our ancestors had more important lives than we do. And how they've managed to trick us, if they did not. Barbara Kingsolver
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "I am more than a devil; I am a man. I can do the one thing..."
I am more than a devil; I am a man. I can do the one thing which Satan himself cannot d? I can die. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Cormac McCarthy quote: "What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how..."
What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream Cormac McCarthy
Jimi Hendrix quote: "Life is Quicker Than a Blink of an Eye"
Life is Quicker Than a Blink of an Eye Jimi Hendrix
J. K. Rowling quote: "The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier..."
The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with. J. K. Rowling
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. While he gropingly forms his own life in the frail image of a true existence, he should never forget its frailty, nor how little the image is a substitute for true life. Against suchawareness, however, pulls the momentum of the bourgeois within him. Theodor Adorno

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