#owl

Now I can do the bolts," she slurred. "I've been trying to focus enough magic all week." The magic shifted and swirled, finally etching a picture in the air. It was a rough picture of Foaly, and he was laughing. I hate you, centaur!" screamed Opal, lunging toward, and then through, the insubstantial image. Her eyes rolled back into her head, and then she collapsed, snoring, on the floor. Artemis straightened his tie. Freud, he was certain, would have a field day with that. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#eoin-colfer #opal-koboi #focus

[on the success of Fifty Shades of Grey] "Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#humour #interview #j-k-rowling #creativity

I only know that I know nothing ↗

— Socrates

#intellect #knowledge #philosophy #wisdom #intellect

Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#voice

I also hold very strong personal convictions about censorship. I don't believe in forbidden knowledge. ↗

— Andrea Cremer

#forbidden #knowledge #nightshade #censorship

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#dreadful #integrity #knowledge #useless #weak

God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything. ↗

— Bede Griffiths

#been #brought #centre #could #everything

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#fate

I've got a hangover" "No, you hit your head on the floor" "I can't stay. I've got to rescue that fool Sophie. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#sophie #fool

Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#rowling #fire