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“The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they don't wish to see anyone else suffer the way they did.”
― Jellal Fernandes

“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

“People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
― Peter F. Drucker

“He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through."
"How very rude of him."
"I told him I was."
Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady.
"I am very touched, Harry.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western woods, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern sun, Queen Susan the Gentle. And to the clear northern skies, I give you King Peter the Magnificent. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia. May your wisdom grace us until the stars rain down from the heavens.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

“Behind every sweet smile, there is a bitter sadness that no one can ever see and feel.”
― 2Pac

“I had a lot of reasons to give up on you. But I still chose to stay. You had a lot of reasons to stay. But you chose to give up.”
― Anonymous

“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
― Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare

“I didn't know how hurt I was until someone was kind to me”
― Anonymous

“Maturity is when you realize that New Year won't change your life.”
― Anonymous

“If you didn't remember something happening, is it because it had never happened? Or because you wish it hadn't.”
― Jodi Picoult

“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.”
― Anonymous

“Life hurts a lot more than death”
― Anonymous

“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.”
― Taraji P. Henson

“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”
― Gabriel García Márquez

“Sometimes, you just have to wonder how many times someone you care about has to hurt you before you finally don't care.”
― Anonymous

“Sometimes, it's better to be alone. Nobody can hurt you...”
― Anonymous

“Notice the people who are happy for your happiness, and sad for your sadness. Theyŕe the ones who deserve special places in your heart.”
― Anonymous

“How do you know when it's over?
Maybe when you feel more in love with your memories than with the person standing in front of you.”
― Anonymous

“That moment when you burst out crying in your room and you realize that no one knows how unhappy you are.”
― Anonymous

“I'll be alright. One day. Someday. Just not today.”
― Anonymous

“Real loss only occurs when you lose something that you love more than yourself.”
― Anonymous

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
― Bob Marley

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
― Maya Angelou

“Some people have lives; some people have music.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen