“If you have ever had a miserable experience, then you have probably had it said to you that you would feel better in the morning. This, of course, is utter nonsense, because a miserable experience remains a miserable experience even on the loveliest of morning.”
― The Miserable Mill
― The Miserable Mill
“But your imaginings would be ersatz, as all imaginings are.”
― The Ersatz Elevator
― The Ersatz Elevator
“Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books.”
― The Ersatz Elevator
― The Ersatz Elevator
“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?'
'Yes,' said Harry.
'You called her a liar?'
'Yes.'
'You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?'
'Yes.'
Professor McGonagall sat down behind her desk, frowning at Harry. Then she said, 'Have a biscuit, Potter-'
'Have- what?”
―
'Yes,' said Harry.
'You called her a liar?'
'Yes.'
'You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?'
'Yes.'
Professor McGonagall sat down behind her desk, frowning at Harry. Then she said, 'Have a biscuit, Potter-'
'Have- what?”
―
“It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.”
― The Vile Village
― The Vile Village
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