#thing

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

In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#novel #resist #tell #urge #you

In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#back #being #being a teenager #fact #give

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#anything #contributes #good #you

I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#anything #children #even #feels #friends

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#around #day #fake #gave #head

Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire? ↗

— Rita Rudner

#better #dresses #fire #hold #looks