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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

“Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
Mr. Prongs agrees with Mr. Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor.
Mr. Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“It would be easier to forget you," he says to me, "and these past few weeks we've had together. It would be easier if I could hate you. But the sad truth is, I will more than likely love you for the rest of my life.”
― Amy Ewing, The Jewel

“The purpose of a good education is to show you that there are three sides to a two-sided story.”
― Stanley Fish

“If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across.”
― Mercedes Lackey

“Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“She who weeps when the sun’s in sky, Will never pile the platter high.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“For the heart was both key and lock, and he who could master the hearts of men and learn their secrets was well on the way to mastering the Fates and controlling the thread of his own destiny.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“It's always an imprudence to step between a man and the reflection of his own cleverness.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“Only fools, he said, were given to bragging about how much they could drink.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“The two of us were—by our own admission—proficient and shameless liars of long standing. It’s a wonder either one of us believed a word the other said.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“Boys with their first beards can be a thorough pain in the neck.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“لا صوت لنا .
لا اسم لنا .
لا اختيار لنا .
لا وجه لنا .
وجه واحد للجميع .
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لامونا نحن
ولم يكن هذا عدلاً.
لكن ها نحن هنا الآن.
كلنا هنا.
مثلك تماماً.
والآن سنلاحقك
سنجدك
الآن نناديك.
أنت، أنت
أنت ولا أحد غيرك
أنت ولا أحد غيرك.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“Children were vehicles for passing things along. These things could be kingdoms, rich wedding gifts, stories, grudges, blood feuds.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“One of the greatest challenge facing young people today, is the
large scale availability of half truth’s and manipulated facts”
― Oche Otorkpa, The Unseen Terrorist