hp aesthetic → hermione jean granger
“One of my best friends is Muggle-born, and she’s the best in our year.”
harry can’t duel
harry can’t duel
harry cannot duel
he only uses expelliarmus and he cannot duel
even if he’s dueling the FUCKING DARK LORD
Imagine the conversation ministry officials must be having when they see his auror application:
“He’s Harry Potter!”
“I know but that doesn’t change the fact-”
“Harry! Freaking! Potter!”
“We still need him to attend extra duelling lessons-”
“We can’t put Harry Potter in extra duelling lessons!”
“He only ever uses one spell-”
“Yeah, but he’s really good at it.”
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times. - Bruce Lee
Harry Potter, the boy who dared to ask, “why study all these other spells if I can get really good at yeeting everyone’s wands out of their hands”
(Source: transtlanticism, via isnerdy-deactivated20190101)
Books can make you young again.
Illustration by Jungho Lee.
Why Succeeding Against the Odds Can Make You Sick - The New York Times →
Chronic health problems, typically seen in high-achieving African Americans, predicted to affect poor whites. https://goo.gl/WIWzbr
I started making a list today to assist me as I call my representatives daily. I encourage you to do the same.
My project for 2017: keeping track of all the quotes I find and love by posting them on twitter as @betsyquotesthem
Apprently my local bookstore has a restricted section, complete with jingle-bell alerts.
Double-edged words →
An interesting case study of why words matter. “Double-edged words: The secret meaning of feisty” | The Economist https://goo.gl/8w1Rvz
Louis CK on our culture on dating
I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THIS MAN.
‘Ugh, I hope this one’s nice’
I may or may not have referenced this joke when making a point today.
(via im-one-with-the-force)
