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“It’s easy to bask in the sun, not so easy to enjoy the rain. But one can’t exist without the other. The weather always changes. Feelings of sadness and happiness deserve equal mental screen time.”
― Tom Felton, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
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