#bled

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#beyond #committing #entertain #fortune #good

Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence. ↗

— Goran Ivanisevic

#feeling #given #great #great feeling #me

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#fabled #fortune #good #good fortune #labor

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#about #another #before #being #campaign

What do you see when you look in the mirror?' 'I? I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks.' Harry stared. 'One can never have enough socks,' said Dumbledore. 'Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#mirror-of-erised #presents #christmas

I would be lying if I said I didn't get a kick out of the assignment. Here I am, a "troubled youth," and my self-chosen treatment is to become a stalker. Okay, not stalker. Research Analyst. ↗

— Lindsey Leavitt

#humor #lindsey-leavitt #research #sean-griswold-s-head #stalker

Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#humor #humor

I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. Hagrid seized his pink umbrella and whirled it over his head "NEVER -" he thundered "- INSULT -ALBUS -DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hagrid #humor #uncle-vernon #humor

Alas! Earwax! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#humor #humor

I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #humor #molly-weasley #humor