#thing

I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#am #because #being #being happy #content

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#caution #great #must #terrible #terrible thing

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#even #foolproof #his #impress #knew

I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#far #give #given #i #i think

I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#ever #i #novels #only #the only thing

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#enough #got #nerve #possible #sort

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#every #i #into #me #myself

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#back #else #gave #harry #harry potter

I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it? ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#condemning #drive #i #interested #judgment

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#good work #i #i love #love #more