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“كانت تريد حباً يستغرق كيانها إلى حد أن يعتنق مخاوفها الكثيرة أطوارها الغريبة وانحرافاتها . وحبيب يعشق كل شيء فيها لم تكن تريد حباً لجانبها الطيب ويتجنب جانبها المظلم بل كانت بحاجة إلى شخص يستطيع أن يقف إلى جانبها في السراء والضراء في رشدها وجنونها . وربما لهذا السبب يجد المجانين صعوبة في الالتقاء بشخص تقول لنفسها:
لا لأنهم مختلفون بل لأنه يصعب العثور على شخص يريد أن يلتقي بعدة أشخاص مجتمعين في شخص واحد”
― The Bastard of Istanbul
لا لأنهم مختلفون بل لأنه يصعب العثور على شخص يريد أن يلتقي بعدة أشخاص مجتمعين في شخص واحد”
― The Bastard of Istanbul

“The Death Eaters were waiting for us,” Harry told her. “We were surrounded the moment we took off — they knew it was tonight — I don’t know what happened to anyone else, four of them chased us, it was all we could do to get away, and then Voldemort caught up with us —”
He could hear the self-justifying note in his voice, the plea for her to understand why he did not know what had happened to her sons, but —
“Thank goodness you’re all right,” she said, pulling him into a hug he did not feel he deserved.
“Haven’t go’ any brandy, have yeh, Molly?” asked Hagrid a little shakily. “Fer medicinal purposes?”
She could have summoned it by magic, but as she hurried back toward the crooked house, Harry knew that she wanted to hide her face.”
―
He could hear the self-justifying note in his voice, the plea for her to understand why he did not know what had happened to her sons, but —
“Thank goodness you’re all right,” she said, pulling him into a hug he did not feel he deserved.
“Haven’t go’ any brandy, have yeh, Molly?” asked Hagrid a little shakily. “Fer medicinal purposes?”
She could have summoned it by magic, but as she hurried back toward the crooked house, Harry knew that she wanted to hide her face.”
―

“Staying true to who you are is essential to anyone's success.”
― Successful Failures: Recognizing the Divine Role That Opposition Plays in Life's Quest for Success
― Successful Failures: Recognizing the Divine Role That Opposition Plays in Life's Quest for Success

“Nietzsche put the idea this way: “Man shall be trained for war and woman for the procreation of the warrior. All else is folly.” He went further. In Thus Spake Zarathustra he exclaims: “Thou goest to woman? Do not forget thy whip!”—which”
― The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
― The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
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