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  • #62
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
    tags: glory, god, humility, weakness, work
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  • #63
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: bravery, courage, identity
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  • #64
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: truth
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  • #65
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings
    tags: science
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  • #66
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.”
    ― Madeline L'Engle
    tags: abuse-of-authority, abuse-of-power, autonomy, choice, control, freedom-of-choice, manipulation, oppression, puppet
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  • #67
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: humility
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  • #68
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learned not to trust.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
    tags: revelation
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  • #69
    Madeleine L'Engle
    “That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.”
    ― Madeleine L'Engle
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  • #70
    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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  • #71
    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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  • #72
    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends
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  • #73
    J.K. Rowling
    “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
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  • #74
    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore
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  • #75
    J.K. Rowling
    “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: wit
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  • #76
    J.K. Rowling
    “We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: human, life, value, worth
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  • #77
    J.K. Rowling
    “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: dumbledore, strength, unity
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  • #78
    J.K. Rowling
    “Not my daughter, you bitch!”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: anger, molly-weasley-anger
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  • #79
    J.K. Rowling
    “Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
    "Yes."
    "You called her a liar?"
    "Yes."
    "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
    "Yes."
    "Have a biscuit, Potter.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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  • #80
    J.K. Rowling
    “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: humanity, kindness, relationships
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  • #81
    J.K. Rowling
    “Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: adventure
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  • #82
    J.K. Rowling
    “It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: truth-lies
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  • #83
    J.K. Rowling
    “The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.”
    ― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: ginny-weasley
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  • #84
    J.K. Rowling
    “Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.”
    ― J.K. Rowling
    tags: inspirational
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  • #85
    J.K. Rowling
    “He must have known I'd want to leave you."
    "No, he must have known you would always want to come back.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore, friendship, harry-potter, ron-weasley
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  • #86
    J.K. Rowling
    “Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: humor, trees
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  • #87
    J.K. Rowling
    “An Unbreakable Vow?" said Ron, looking stunned. "Nah, he can’t have.... Are you sure?"
    "Yes I’m sure," said Harry. "Why, what does it mean?"
    "Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow..."
    "I’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: harry-potter, humor, malfoy, ron-weasley, snape, unbreakable-vow
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  • #88
    J.K. Rowling
    “Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: humor, rabbits
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  • #89
    J.K. Rowling
    “I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: harry-potter
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  • #90
    J.K. Rowling
    “Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: girls, revenge
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  • #91
    J.K. Rowling
    “There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
    ― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: awesome, friendship, inspirational
    3378 likes



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