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J. K. Rowling Quotes - Page 20

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She kept asking herself whether, if he had looked cleaner, she might have been more concerned; whether, on some subliminal level, she had confused his obvious signs of neglect with street-smartness, toughness and

She kept asking herself whether, if he had looked cleaner, she might have been more concerned; whether, on some subliminal level, she had confused his obvious signs of neglect with street-smartness, toughness and resilience.

Confused, Resilience, Asking

She navigated away from the Parish Council message board and dropped into her favorite medical website, where she painstakingly entered the words "brain" and "death" in the search box. The suggestions were endless. Shirley scrolled through the possibilities, her mild eyes rolling up and down, wondering to which of these deadly conditions, some of them unpronounceable, she owed her present happiness.

Eye, Brain, Suggestions

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.19, Hachette UK

He gave everything to everybody. Except to me.

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.171, Hachette UK

The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms?

Battle, Castles, World

She seemed to think that one of the perks of marriage was that it gave you rights of comment and intrusion over single people's love lives.

Love Life, Thinking, Rights

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.138, Hachette UK

Krystal flung herself violently off the chair, away from her mother. She was surprised to feel warm liquid flowing down her cheeks, and thought confusedly of blood, but it was tears, only tears, clear and shining on her fingertips when she wiped them away.

Mother, Blood, Shining

Naturally Shirley had known, as they slid stock words and phrases back and forth between them like beads on an abacus, that Howard must be as brimful of ecstasy as she was; but to express these feelings out loud, when the news of death was still fresh in the air, would have been tantamount to dancing naked and shrieking obscenities, and Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

Air, Dancing, Feelings

How awful it was, thought Tessa, remembering Fats the toddler, the way tiny ghosts of your living children haunted your heart; they could never know, and would hate it if they did, how their growing was a constant bereavement.

Children, Hate, Heart

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.88, Hachette UK

Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

Layers, Invisible, Decorum

Stone dead," said Howard, as though there were degrees of deadness, and the kind that Barry Fairbrother had contracted was particularly sordid.

Degrees, Stones, Kind

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.30, Hachette UK

Parminder kept her unwept tears locked tightly inside where they seemed to undergo an alchemical transformation, returning to the outer world as lava slides of rage.

Tears, World, Lava

Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity she would have to spend without him.

Grief, Men, Tiny

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.51, Hachette UK

She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her

World, Might, Oddness

He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life.

Desperation, Burden

Both could feel the relationship crumbling to pieces beneath the weight of everything that Gavin refused to say.

Crumbling, Pieces, Weight

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.246, Hachette UK

You have to be free to fail in this world.

World, Failing, This World

And what will you give me in return, Severus?' 'In - in return?' Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, 'Anything.

Long, Giving, Return

I think Mum's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him.

Cousin, Thinking, Mum

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

Children, Matter, Wanted

Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.

Whales, Weight, Killers

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, p.33, Pottermore

He dreamed of London and of a life that mattered.

London

Their reward for enduring the awful experience was the right to tell people about it.

People, Rewards, Awful

J.K. Rowling (2012). “The Casual Vacancy”, p.13, Hachette UK

He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here like a child playing hide-and-seek; he was not going to die kneeling at Voldemort’s feet . . . he was going to die upright like his father, and he was going to die trying to defend himself, even if no defense was possible. . . .

Children, Father, Feet

But Colin's only understanding of love was of limitless loyalty, boundless tolerance.

Loyalty, Understanding, Tolerance

They were the reason that he kept faith with his stars, that reinforced him in his belief that the universe had more in store for him than the mug's game of working for a modest salary until he retired or died.

Stars, Games, Salary

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