“If I try harder I might be reincarnated as a lonely virgin hiding behind a cartoon frog.”
January 2017 tweet, as reported by Ian Cheong of Heat Street https://heatst.com/entertainment/harry-potter-author-j-k-rowling-calls-trump-supporter-a-lonely-virgin/ <br class="br">2010s
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon
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Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard
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“I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog.”
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“Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made you fall harder.”
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