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Playful Quotes

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J.K. Rowling
“Oh, for heaven’s sake, Sirius, Dumbledore said no!�

A bearlike black dog had appeared at Harry’s side as Harry clambered over the various trunks cluttering the hall to get to Mrs. Weasley.

“Oh honestly,� said Mrs. Weasley despairingly. “Well, on your own head be it!�

The great black dog gave a joyful bark and gamboled around them, snapping at pigeons, and chasing its own tail. Harry couldn’t help laughing. Sirius had been trapped inside for a very long time.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Suman Pokhrel
“I am playful in words but sincere in action.”
Suman Pokhrel

Kamand Kojouri
“I am so tired.
I have grown old from being serious.
I have grown ill from being serious.
I want to laugh at myself.
I want to forget myself.
I am so tired.”
Kamand Kojouri

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A lot is said about the serious by the fact that the most intelligent person around is almost always the most playful.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Our seriousness prevents us from enjoying the circus of life.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Brandi Salazar
“So, Mr. Mandrake, what is it you plan to do with me this evening?� I asked haughtily.

“I presume,� he said, playing along, “that I will start with feeding you proper and then proceed with more…pestiferous acts.�

I smiled through the confusion. I’d have to look up that word later.”
Brandi Salazar, Faerie Tales: The Misfortune of a Teenage Socialite

“There are only a few things that are more entertaining than watching a cat trying to run across a freshly waxed wood floor after a ball.”
David C Holley, Write like no one is reading

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“The worst thing about our cultures, education systems, and religions is that they make us take life seriously.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most adult geniuses are more playful than most children.”
@Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The immature think maturity is mutually exclusive with playfulness.”
@Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Politics is sports for people who think they are smart and more serious about life.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Most adults make adulthood seem like a disease that is caused by a deficiency of playfulness.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Come, Selie," said her mother, holding an arm out to her child. "Come keep me company while Giddon prods at my feet."

"Your faith in my abilities is touching," said Giddon.
"Let me go collect some sharp sticks to stab them with.”
Kristin Cashore, Winterkeep

“The Playful Happiness in my garden. A cat and a dog saluting and caressing one another. How to be sad or poor when Happiness's own reason is to just come and recognize it and take part to its game.”
Helene Popescu

“Hop on."

"What?"

"Hop on. You're bored, I can see it. Terribly bored, and I'm just as bored just floating here with you ground-ridden. So get on."

"I don't like to fly, Ginny, you know that--"

"Oh, yes. The big, tough Gryffindor afraid of heights." Hermione glowers and Ginny laughs. "Come on."

Hermione eyes the broom in speculation, and then the woman astride it. "I don't know."

Ginny dips her head before making her voice deeper. "I promise I'll be gentle."

Hermione barks a laugh and shakes her head. "Will you hold me tight?"

"With my rippling muscles, love."

"You're an idiot."

"And you're a coward." Ginny grins, dropping the manly act and tapping the front of the broom. "Come here and ride my stick."

"Oh, my God! Ginny!”
Everythursday, The Fallout

“Why are you showing so much cleavage?" Joseph growled into her ear as he took her arm and began to descend the staircase.
Goosebumps broke out over her bare arms and shoulders. She squeezed his forearm and smiled into his eyes.
"So you're forced to offer me your coat, of course, like a proper gentleman."
He barely suppressed a snort as camera flashes lit them up from every angle. He tucked his arm around her and smiled for the photographers.
"Would a gentleman rip what you're wearing clean off your body, before devouring every inch of your perfect body? Turn your shivers into sweat while you wonder how something so dirty could produce something so beautiful?"
Addison grinned and gently turned his face towards hers to press a light kiss to his cheek without marking it. The cameras went wild.”
H.S. Howe, Jingle My Snowballs

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Sometimes what’s funny is that someone is actually not joking.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Sarah J. Maas
“He leaned down, nuzzling my throat. 'Don't you want to comfort your mate, who has missed you terribly these weeks?'

I planted a hand on his face and pushed him back, scowling. 'I want my mate to tell me where the hell he was. Then he can get his comfort.'

Rhys nipped at my fingers, teeth snapping playfully. 'Cruel, beautiful female.”
Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

Gad Saad
“In other words, a playful mindset into adulthood protects our bodies and minds in a myriad of ways and gives us more positive outlook regarding our lives.”
Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life

“Come, Selie," said her mother, holding an arm out to the child. "Come keep me company while Giddon prods at my feet."

"Your faith in my abilities is touching," said Giddon. "Let me just go collect some sharp sticks to stab them with.”
Kristin Cashore, Winterkeep

R.R.  Turock
“This woman� this woman was her favorite. Crush, love, whatever.”
R.R. Turock, Place of the War Horse

R.R.  Turock
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Juliette chuckled then, shaking her head. “Okay? You know how I feel about that word.”
R.R. Turock, Place of the War Horse

Gad Saad
“To be a maximally happy human is to immerse oneself in perpetual play across countless life domains. Life is too serious not to play.”
Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life

Gad Saad
“My ability to be playful serves as a pressure relief valve from the otherwise unbearable, ugly realities that I deal with on a daily basis. It is part of the homeostatic mechanism for retaining my sanity.”
Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life

Gad Saad
“Play is such a fundamental feature of the human spirit that it is used as a tool in psychotherapy, an are that typically involves an exploration of the roots of mental suffering. Hence, even in the darkest of circumstances, the desire to play manifests itself.”
Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life

Ardin Patterson
“Roland shoved his hands into his pockets, watching his nephew stomp around in the slush. Dianna took a giant leap into the puddle, causing the child to shriek wildly with excitement. He’d forgotten how playful she was. How playful they all had been.”
Ardin Patterson, Feral

“Soft, warm, and unapologetically sweet—like a spill you never saw coming, staining everything it touches. Bold enough to taste, too wild to tame� Raspberry Pussy.”
D'los Ángeles

“Dear Playmate,

The ocean is barely a few kilometers wide.
What do you mean you are stuck on the other side?”
Shirleen Wangari

“You think I’m a tease? I’m sparing you a heartbreak baby..”
Shirleen Wangari

“I can’t believe it’s decades later and I still want you the same.
Yes You.”
Shirleen Wangari

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