Phoenix Lament Quotes

“Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry felt, as he had felt about phoenix song before, that the music was inside him, not without: It was his own grief turned magically to song..”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“It was his own grief turned magically to song.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“But Rachel knows this isn’t true. Nobody can stop anything. The people will always be humping next door. The burning cat will always be rocketing like a comet around every house in which they ever live. Nothing will ever be resolved.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Phoenix