#us

It is real, isn’t it? It’s not a joke? Petunia says you’re lying to me. Petunia says there isn’t a Hogwarts. It is real, isn’t it?” “It’s real for us,” said Snape. “Not for her. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#severus-snape #death

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow-creatures is amusing in itself. ↗

— J.A. Froude

#death

That’s a ‘Fuck Me’ car and you know it.” ~ Dallas “Well, yeah. Maybe. But it’s got to be fast.” ~ Peabody ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

No, Harry, you listen," said Hermione. "We're coming with you. That was decided months ago - years, really. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#dedication #friends #harry-potter #hermione #j-k-rowling

America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death. ↗

— John Piper

#amusement #entertainment #excess #death

War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#distractions #illusions #life #war #death

I got to show off in front of my husband, who married me as I was stepping out of the business, so he had no idea that I could strut my stuff on the stage. ↗

— Kim Wilde

#could #front #got #had #husband

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government. ↗

— George Will

#america #continuous #government #political #skepticism

When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance! ↗

— Max Lucado

#heaven #religious #death

Alannah?” He held her limp body waiting for a response. “Don’t do this.” He put his hand over the other cut whispering his words and healing it as well. “Alannah?” His voice begged, as he held her face in his hand Still no response. He looked at the ground she had laid on realizing that she had lost a lot of blood. Then from the corner of his eye he saw the rise and fall of her chest and let out a breath he hadn’t realized he was holding. She still lives. ↗

— B.C. Morin

#life-or-death #suspense #death