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Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.
Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.
Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.
I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.
I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive.
The phone rang. I picked it up. "Kate Daniels" "It's me," Curran said. "I—" I hung up.
Now was not a good time, but we didn't often get to chose the time to repay our debts.
Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place.
How stagnant and tepid the whole British political scene is now is just beyond belief.
You can only live in the world you ken. The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia.
People think if you're working class, there has to be some fascist element underneath.
There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.
Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.
There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.
One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.
Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?
Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.
A Dream is where a boy can swim in the deepest oceans and fly over the highest clouds.
You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
If Harry Potter taught us anything, it's that no one should have to live in the closet
Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off!
Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment.
Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.
Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.
A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience.
Oh, honey, if he swung batter-batter for my team, I'd be all over that in a heartbeat.
I do not crave this" But he needed it before he became a danger to himself and others.
That human, he's a lesser waiting to happen, in my opinion--nothing less, nothing more
Man" Rhage muttered, "someone hit this place with the Hallmark stick." Until it broke.
Look, you didn't fail me. Because you can't fail at the impossible." -Zsadist to Phury
"What do you want out of life?" I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls.
The human bones are but vain lines dawdling, the whole universe a blank mold of stars.
One of your first jobs, as you write for money, will be to get rid of your vocabulary.
The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors.
It's always important to take time to study men -- important men. Friends and enemies.
I am, a stride at a time. A very short space of time through very short time of space.
I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself.
How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors.
After all, this is a world of rock and water and air. It is elemental. It is not ours.
There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!
If you even think about asking Harry Potter for an autograph, your day ends right now.
Anyone who's never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn't know what pleasure is.
By stretching language we'll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide.
I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.