He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?
“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
― Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Ove feels an instinctive skepticism towards all people taller than six feet; the blood can’t quite make it all the way up to the brain.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“The love we have for each other stays the same, but the format, the tone, the regularity, and the intimacy of our friendship will change forever.”
― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
“Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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