Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.
J. K. RowlingI think it's alarming that people believe that success enables one to forget how life felt before. As if one could simply exchange one's values.
J. K. RowlingAnd Death spoke to them โโโ โSorry,โ interjected Harry, โbut Death spoke to them?โ โItโs a fairy tale, Harry!โ โRight, sorry. Go on.
J. K. RowlingFirst think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of middle and the end of end? And finally give me the sound often heard During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?
J. K. RowlingFor instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. Thatโs a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing thatโs glaring at you has got legs. If it has, itโs safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, thatโs still likely to be the last thing you ever do.
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