One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other peopleโs lives simply by existing.
J. K. RowlingEverything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there โ the walls and the chairs and the childrenโs pictures on the walls โ meant nothing. Every atom of it had been blasted apart and reconstituted in an instant, and its appearance of permanence and solidity was laughable; it would dissolve at a touch, for everything was suddenly tissue-thin and friable.
J. K. RowlingI DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!
J. K. RowlingDumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.
J. K. RowlingHagrid, look what Iโve got for relatives!โ Harry said furiously. โLook at the Dursleys!โ โAn excellent point,โ said Professor Dumbledore. โMy own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, Iโm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery. . . .
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