3 Quotes by CH_Darling (ao3)

Sometimes, after a really important thing has happened - when you feel absolutely certain that the very core of life has been shaken, that something fundamental has been dramatically, irrevocably altered - then there is nothing more unsettling than finding that everything appears exactly the same.

What I mean to tell you is that I think you're very brave for standing up to your family. It takes incredible courage to grow up to be someone different than who our parents want us to be.

Sometimes, when you had the Quaffle in hand but the goalposts straight ahead were blocked by Beaters and Bludgers and Keepers, then the best thing to do was to come at it from a different angle.