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In disbelief, she retraced the day: the church, the ceremony, the celebration. What have I done, she thought, dazed by wine, and what is this gold circle, this glittering zero I’ve stuck my finger in. Stefano had one, too, and it shone amid
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“Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don't yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible.”
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“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
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“It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.”
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“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
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