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“In moments of despair, do not forget to look back and appreciate your resilience. You have overcome many challenges, many struggles, and many fears. You have proven your strength, your courage, and your brilliance. You have earned your dignity, your encouragement, and your respect.”

“Wer ist die stärkste Person, die ich für diese Position einstellen könnte? Die Gefahr, dass diese neue Mitarbeiterin, dieser neue Mitarbeiter im Umgang durch ihre oder seine starke Persönlichkeit und ihr/sein Fachwissen auch unangenehm werden kann, dass sie mich - ich sage es mal so - "schütteln" könnte, nahm ich bewusst in Kauf.”

“Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic—which was what all magic was—it was rather soothing to have all the same qualities wrapped up in a small, furry, generally attractive bundle that looked more or less the same from day to day and might, if it were in a good mood, sit on your knee and purr. Magic never sat on anybody’s knee and purred.”

“[They want] to tell everyone what they should think and what they should do. Why do people want to do that?' 'I don't know. Sometimes I think people want power instead of strength. And money instead of achievement. And sex instead of love. And titles instead of honor, and fame instead of pride, and credit instead of work. They choose what seems to be instead of what is. But... even though they have their power, their money, and sex or fame, even if they wear the most fashionable virtues for all the world to see, they're hollow inside. When they don't believe in themselves, people can never really believe in anything. It's just a giant... masquerade.”