#gnome

Xenophilius Lovegood," he said, extending a hand to Harry. "My daughter and I live over the hill, so kind of the Weasleys to invite us. I think you know my Luna?" he added to Ron. "Yes" said Ron. "Isn't she with you?" "She lingered in that charming little garden to say hello to the gnomes, such a glorious infestation! How few wizards realize just how much we can learn from the wise little gnomes — or, to give then their correct names, the Gernumbli gardensi." "Ours do know a lot of excellent swear words," said Ron, "but I think Fred and George taught them those. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#death

Muggles have garden gnomes, too, you know," Harry told Ron as they crossed the lawn. "Yeah, I've seen those things they think are gnomes," said Ron, bent double with his head in a peony bush, "like fat little Santa Clauses with fishing rods... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #muggles #ron-weasley #santa #secret

We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#because #both #cannot #choose #code

In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#independent #keep #language #platform #project

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it. ↗

— Nat Friedman

#i #i think #intuitive #lot #shares

This doesn't mean you're getting a discount." Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then." Gnome choked on the soup. "I'm old enough to be your grandfather!" Audrey winked at him, gathering the empty bags. "But you're not. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#fate-s-edge #funny #gnome #ilona-andrews #the-edge

Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome. ↗

— Jefferson Smith

#gnomes #motivation #motives #sprites #trust