“What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“If you want to go deeply into any subject, you need a lot of time, and in particular you need the privilege of wasting time. You need to experiment with unproductive paths, explore dead ends, make space for doubts and boredom, and allow little seeds of insight to slowly grow and blossom. If you cannot afford to waste time, you will never find the truth.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Want,’ she told her, in a measured tone, ‘is an interesting word. It means lack. Sometimes if we fill that lack with something else the original want disappears entirely.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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