I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind. โAt these times, I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from oneโs mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at oneโs leisure. It becomes easier to spot patterns and links, you understand, when they are in this form.
J. K. RowlingYou will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.
J. K. RowlingBut in some ways I think it's braver to do it like this. And, to an extent, you know what? The worst that can happen is that everyone says, 'Well, that was dreadful, she should have stuck to writing for kids' and I can take that. So, yeah, I'll put it out there, and if everyone says, 'Well, that's shockingly bad โ back to wizards with you', then obviously I won't be throwing a party. But I will live. I will live.
J. K. RowlingWhy do they have to move in packs?" Harry asked Ron as a dozen or so girls walked past them, sniggering and staring at Harry. "How're you supposed to get one on their own to ask them?" "Lasso one?" Ron suggested.
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