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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 76f2658 | Harry lost any sense of where they were: Streetlights above him, yells around him, he was clinging to the sidecar for dear life. Hedwig's cage, the Firebolt, and his rucksack slipped from beneath his knees -- "No -- HEDWIG!" The broomstick spun to earth, but he just managed to seize the strap of his rucksack and the top of the cage as the motorbike swung the right way up again. A second's relief, and then another burst of green light. The o.. | hedwig | J.K. Rowling | |
| 8be757b | Pity is a start, my friend, a foundation on which to build a palace -- a palace of love. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| d22aeb2 | Hay muchos tipos de valentia -dijo sonriendo Dumbledore-. Hay que tener un gran coraje para oponerse a nuestros enemigos, pero hace falta el mismo valor para hacerlo con los amigos. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 769e419 | Okay, write that down," Hermoine said to Ron, pushing his essay and a sheet covered in her own writing back to Ron, "and then copy out this conclusion that I've written for you." "Hermoine, you are honestly the most wonderful person I've ever met," said Ron weakly, "and if I'm ever rude to you again --" "-- I'll know you're back to normal," said Hermoine." | hermoine-granger homework ron-weasley | J.K. Rowling | |
| d647256 | Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree. | friends hagrid harry-potter j-k-rowling powerful stand-up-for-friends | J.K. Rowling | |
| ba3a19b | Listen, Harr,y can I have a go on it? Can I?" "I don't think anyone should ride that broom just yet!" said Hermoine shrilly. Harry and Ron looked at her. "What d'you think Harry's going to do with it - sweep the floor?" said Ron." | firebolt funny harry-potter hermoine humor ron | J.K. Rowling | |
| 3fa75a2 | Stop, stop, stop, you're going to poke someone's eye out! | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 8ebaa67 | Bless my soul," whispered the old bartender, "Harry Potter . . . what an honor." -- | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 2830cbd | Mr Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.' Snape froze. Harry stared, dumbstruck, at this message. But the map didn't stop there. More writing was appearing beneath the first. 'Mr Prongs agrees with Mr Moony, and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.' It would have been funny if the situation hadn't been so serious. And there was more.. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 2cd0c34 | AHA!" screamed a voice from overhead . . . Peeves was hanging upside down from a chandelier and grinning maliciously at them. " " And he zoomed away, cackling and shrieking, "Potty loves Loony!" | J. K. Rowling | ||
| f0d822e | Hagrid: Harry -- yer a wizard. Harry: I'm a what? | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 57bd9f1 | Hello, Harry, dear. I suppose you've heard our exciting news?" She pointed to the brand-new silver badge on Percy's chest. "Second Head Boy in the family!" she said, swelling with pride. "And last," Fred muttered under his breath. "I don't doubt that," said Mrs. Weasley, frowning suddenly. "I notice they haven't made you two prefects." "What do we want to be prefects for?" said George, looking revolted at the very idea. "It'd take all the f.. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| eccb006 | Some of her self-hatred had oozed out with the blood. | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 331f7f7 | Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts. "Harry Potter must stay where he is safe. He is too great, too good, to lose. If Harry Potter goes back to Hogwarts, he will be in mortal danger." "Why?" said Harry in surprise. "There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year." | J.K. Rowling | ||
| 0c276c8 | Bill was -- there was no other word for it -- . He was tall, with long hair that he had tied back in a ponytail. He was wearing an earring with what looked like a fang dangling from it. Bill's clothes would not have looked out of place at a rock concert, except that Harry recognized his boots to be made, not of leather, but of dragon hide. | ideal inspirational | J.K. Rowling | |
| a8f5a68 | How frightening, that one person could mean so much, so many things. | човек fear frightening human-being man meaning men person scary страшно | Colleen McCullough | |
| ab4beed | I can't share your love of God. But I do understand your need to give your life to him. Each of us has within us something that just won't be denied. Something to which we are driven even though it makes us scream aloud to die. | Colleen McCullough | ||
| 6ab4ec3 | A pause. Then she said: "Tell me, Noah, what do you remember most from the summer we spent together?" "All of it." "Anything in particular?" "No," he said. "You don't remember?" He answered quietly. "No, it's not that. It's not what you're thinking. I was serious when I said 'all of it.' I can remember every moment we were together, and in each or them there was something wonderful. I can't pick any one time that meant more than any other. .. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 7d83394 | The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit with out speaking. This is the great paradox. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| be190fa | He didn't believe in a God who sifted through prayers, answering some and ignoring others, no matter how unworthy or worthy a person might be. Instead, he preferred to believe in a God who bestowed all people with gifts and abilities and placed them in an imperfect world; only then was faith tested, only then could faith be earned. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 835b1ab | I understand that love and tragedy go hand in hand, for there can't be one without the other, but nonetheless I find myself wondering whether the trade-off is fair. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 14e4bd1 | It always amazes me that once you cut through the clutter, people are pretty much the same. Especially through adolescence and early adulthood. For the most part, people go through the same experiences and think the same things, but somehow no one ever escapes the belief that his experience is unique in every conceivable way. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 7760461 | You want to know what I was thinking?...I was thinking that I wished you'd been with me the last couple of days. I mean, I enjoyed getting to know everyone better. We ate lunch together, and the dinner last night was a lot of fun, but it just felt like something was wrong, like I was missing something. It wasn't until I saw you walking up the beach that I realized it was you. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 90a5937 | Do trust have to be earned? Or is it simple a matter of faith? | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 74e7ace | Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person, how beautiful it will be when the right person comes along. | Nicholas Sparks | ||
| 3515549 | I was aware too how strange adults were, how theirs lives were vaster than they wanted anyone to realize, that they actually stretched on and on like deserts, dry and desolate, with an unpredictable, shifting sea of dunes. | Marisha Pessl | ||
| 2bb7d18 | Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth. | honesty lie lies lying stories truth | Marisha Pessl | |
| 720c60b | Looks like you're on a roll. This is the second car you've toasted this week." Carl Costanza - Hot Six" | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 26111b7 | My sex life is okay." "Yeah," Morelli said. "But sometimes it's fun to have a partner." | joe-morelli stephanie-plum | Janet Evanovich | |
| b835a66 | What's this outfit? You can't afford clothes? Are you wearing other peoples?" Helen Plum" | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 43cfacd | That's how you tell what a man's really made of. It's one thing for a man to be big and brave and kill a spider. Any man could do that. Trailin' after a woman when she's shopping for thongs and push-up bras is a whole other category of man. And then if you want to see how far you can go with it, you ask him to carry one of those little pink bags they give you. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 2d0711a | I'd hate to list our specialties. Wreck cars, eat doughnuts, create mayhem. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| 8f56acc | Maybe it's just not the right time for us to be married. I don't want to be a bounty hunter for the rest of my life, but I certainly don't want to be a housewife right now. And I really don't want to be married to someone who gives me ultimatums. And maybe Joe needs to examine what he wants from a wife. He was raised in a traditional Italian household with a stay-at-home mother and domineering father. If he wants a wife who will fit into th.. | Janet Evanovich | ||
| bd82d8d | You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding him if it was aliens," Grandma said." | mystery | Janet Evanovich | |
| f03cbd2 | They have never known pain, he thought. The realization made him feel desperately lonely. | Lois Lowry | ||
| 31291c8 | That's why we have the Museum, Matty, to remind us of how we came, and why: to start fresh, and begin a new place from what we had learned and carried from the old. | history museum | Lois Lowry | |
| 65880c8 | He gestured toward her twisted leg. "Like you. Some don't walk good. Some be broken in other ways. Not all. But lots. Do you think it maken them quiet and nice, to be broken?" | Lois Lowry | ||
| 8441009 | As all men are touched by God's love, so all are also touched by the desire for His intimacy. No one escapes this longing; we are all kings in exile, miserable without the Infinite. Those who reject the grace of God have a desire to avoid God, as those who accept it have a desire for God. The modern atheist does not disbelieve because of his intellect, but because of his will; it is not knowledge that makes him an atheist...The denial of Go.. | Fulton J. Sheen | ||
| 9312217 | Hyn ykwn lSwt lnsny Hqyqyan, Hyn ywld mn lHj@, l 'Hd ystTy` 'n ywqfh. | Eduardo Galeano | ||
| 187d6d3 | Do you love me?" There was an awkward silence for a moment. Then Father gave a little chuckle. "Jonas. You, of all people. Precision of language, please!" "What do you mean?" Jonas asked. Amusement was not at all what he had anticipated. "Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it's become almost obsolete," his mother explained carefully. Jonas stared at them. Meaningless? He had never before felt anythi.. | Lois Lowry | ||
| 4a920eb | And it was lonely, to yearn, all alone. | Lois Lowry | ||
| 1a3a229 | Don't all women feel the same? The only difference is how much we know we feel it, how in touch we are with our fury. We're all furies, except the ones who are too damned foolish, and my worry now is that we're brainwashing them from the cradle, and in the end even the ones who are smart will be too damned foolish. What do I mean? I mean the second graders at Appleton Elementary, sometimes the first graders even, and by the time they get to.. | Claire Messud | ||
| d55adc3 | But do you know this idea of the imaginary homeland? Once you set out from shore on your little boat, once you embark, you'll never truly be at home again. What you've left behind exists only in your memory, and your ideal place becomes some strange imaginary concoction of all you've left behind at every stop. | Claire Messud | ||
| 15d8fe8 | It was a kiss from the past. | Zadie Smith |