Autumnal Harry Potter Quotes & Sayings

Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association. — John Dewey

The Muslim East has been in a defensive posture for centuries. Take Turkey. For a period of close to two hundred years, we've been living through phases of vital self-defense and security. In such a society, a fortress mentality naturally arises. If today we've lost the concept of freedom, the reason is that we're living in a state of siege." Suad — Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are. — Timothy Keller

I would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema. — Romola Garai

It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically short of clarity, to be, in the end, so isolate and inadequate. Even when people try to say things, they say them poorly or obliquely, or they outright lie, sometimes because they're lying to you, but as often because they're lying to themselves. — Claire Messud

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm. — Kay Granger

As the thing came closer, what was left of Nick's body became revealed and I could see how the dead boy's eyes had bled from the trauma inflicted upon him; they dripped with steady succession onto the floor between his splayed legs. He looked like a rejected marionette tossed haphazardly in the corner by a frustrated puppeteer, his head drooping so low that his chin rested against his chest. His motionless arms lay at his sides, both of them squeezed into tight fists, as if he'd died futilely trying to defend himself. — J. Tonzelli

Good science is always humanity's best friend! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I've nothing to say of the sun and world - I see only the torments of man. — Justin Bryant

Wealth does not always depends on possession, but often depends on perception. — Debasish Mridha

Love helped me live life instead of just survive it. — Rebecca Donovan

But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, undespairingly, toward that lost voice across the room. — F Scott Fitzgerald

The Gospel is the news that Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, died for our sins and
rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no
condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy. — John Piper

Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. — Sydney Smith

No, Wayne (Rooney) doesn't need it (tips about style). He has his own style. But with hair he looks much better. He looks very good now. Before, he was a little bit ugly, but now, with hair, he's beautiful. — Cristiano Ronaldo