Doe Quotes - Page 400

The only just literary critic," he concluded, "is Christ, who admires more than does any man the gifts He Himself has bestowed.

The text-book is rare that stimulates its reader to ask, Why is this so? Or, How does this connect with what has been read elsewhere?

Love wins. It does win. We know it wins.

The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?

Yeah, I get a death scene, but what does that mean?

Celebrity is as celebrity does.

Trust me," he said. "I know what I'm doing... or at least" -- he strolled confidently to the door -- "Felix does.

Yes, Severus does seem the type, doesn't he? So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat.

Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.

The inner eye does not see upon command.

I knew I could do it all this time,” said Harry, “Because I'd already done it... does that make sense?

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it.

In the end, love wins. It does win. We know it wins. When a person dies, love isn’t turned off like a faucet. It is an amazingly resilient part of us.

I do have high expectations, like anyone does. I expect myself to do well. It comes with all of the work I've put in and what I expect from that work.

Time does not die; only people.

though money is a fine servant, as a god, it does seem to develop all the evil qualities of the slave seated between the cherubim.

But where does by far the bulk, the whole ambulance load, of pain really come from? Where must it come from? Isn't the true poet or painter a seer? Isn't he, actually, the only seer we have on earth? Most apparently not the scientist, most emphatically not the psychiatrist.

The cause of Christ does not need less working, but it does need among the workers, more praying.

The ego does not want to be wrong, ever.

I now realize that just because you can take a punch does not mean you must stand in front of a fist, particularly not when the fist is your own.

What looks like a failure teaches us what not to do, what does not work. We have lessons to learn from our experiences.

Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.

Well, of course, people are only human... But it really does not seem much for them to be.

Not many people like it when they get criticism. Of course, if you have someone who does tell you and you do have a rapport, that's great. But don't rely on it. You have to rely on yourself.

You simply can't make someone love you if they don't. You must choose someone who already loves you. If you choose someone who does not love you, this is the sort of love you must want.