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Why were you lurking under our window?" "Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?" "Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice. His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage. "Listening to the news! Again?" "Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #humor #news #sarcasm #change

Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that. ↗

— Ally Condie

#friendship #growing-up #change

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#flexibility #intelligence #open-mindedness #wisdom #change

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#function #god #influence #nature #prayer

People die . . . so love them every day. Beauty fades . . . so look before it's gone. Love changes . . . but not the love you give. And if you love, you'll never be alone. ↗

— L.J. Smith

#beauty

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#change #discworld #growth #travel #change

It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#desires #fantasy #inner-life #change

Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#life #missed-chances #change

Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#lady-gaga #lady-gaga-famous #lady-gaga-quotes #change

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#change #open-mindedness #self-improvement #change