Hagrid, look what I’ve got for relatives!” Harry said furiously. “Look at the Dursleys!” “An excellent point,” said Professor Dumbledore. “My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, I’m not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery. . . .
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TRAVERS Dumbledore paused, and although his voice remained light and calm, and he gave no obvious sign of an... J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M... J.K. ROWLING So are you, sunshine,” Paige replied. “Bad night?” Even though he didn’t take off his s... LINSDEY KELK I was astonished to see Adrian watching me, a look of contentment on his face. His eyes seemed to st... RICHELLE MEAD He brought his other foot to the ground and gingerly tested his ankle. It would be a little sore, bu... ANNE BISHOP Are you sure that’s a real spell?’ said the girl. ‘Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve t... J.K. ROWLING You don’t think anything that Skeeter cow — sorry, Professor,” he added quickly, looking at Du... J.K. ROWLING Killed?" said Hagrid loudly, staring down at Harry. "Snape killed? What're yeh on abou', Harry?" J.K. ROWLING You’ve got a lot of responsibility now,” Jace said to Julian. “You’ll have to make sure Emma... CASSANDRA CLARE Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imaginatio... EARTHA KITT You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you... APRILYNNE PIKE He lifted a glass. Ragnor and Catarina did not join him, but Magnus was happy to make the toast on h... CASSANDRA CLARE The Headmaster told Professor Flitwick that this was, indeed, a secret and delicate matter of which ... ELIEZER YUDKOWSKY All right, then,” she snapped, “do as you please! Perhaps afterward we could manage a coherent d... LISA KLEYPAS Just — just to be clear,” he said. “You want to leave Tonks at her parents’ house and come a... J.K. ROWLING What’s the good of that if I’m not on the House team?” said Malfoy, looking sulky and bad-temp... J.K. ROWLING Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was ... P. J. O'ROURKE Your friends are…interesting,” she said, making me snort. “I would hate to see your enemies.�... JULIE KAGAWA And Harry remembered his first nightmarish trip into the forest, the first time he had ever encounte... J.K. ROWLING She smiled at him. “How did you know just what I’d want to see?” “How could I not?” h... CASSANDRA CLARE That's what yer little sister said,' said Hagrid, nodding at Ron. Met her jus' yesterday.' Hagrid lo... J.K. ROWLING Sirius, I need you to set off at once. You are to alert Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletch... J.K. ROWLING I've decided to call him Norbert,' said Hagrid, looking at the dragon with misty eyes. 'He really kn... J.K. ROWLING You’re mental,” said George, trying to push it back at Harry. “No, I’m not,” said Har... FRED AND GEORGE WEASLEY Professor Moody!" said a shocked voice. Professor McGonagall was coming down the marble stairca... J.K. ROWLING I've got two neptunes here," said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, "tha... J.K. ROWLING Uncle Vernon rounded on Harry. “And you ?” “I’ll be in my bedroom, making no nois... J.K. ROWLING I thought told you to watch where you put your feet," he said accusingly. Erak shrugged. I did,... JOHN FLANAGAN Harry Potter," he said very softly. His voice might have been part of the spitting fire. "The Boy Wh... J.K. ROWLING Inej turned to go. Kaz seized her hand, keeping it on the railing. He didn't look at her. "Stay", he... LEIGH BARDUGO The Death Eaters were waiting for us,” Harry told her. “We were surrounded the moment we took of... J.K. ROWLING She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed t... J.K. ROWLING I’ve never been to a real Irish wake,” said Lucy. “Just visiting hours at the funeral home.”... LESLIE MEIER Her innocence was maddening. She should know. She should know what her steward had done. She should ... MARIE RUTKOSKI He stood and looked at me for a moment, taking in my outfit. "You look hot." "What? Me?" I stam... MORGAN MATSON Finally, he reached his street. It was quiet, blessedly so, and the only sound was his own groan as ... JULIA QUINN Jubal paused, surprised at himself. He had intended to make the usual agnostic approach . . . and... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN you can do all sorts of stuff that full-grown wizards can't, Viktor always said --" Ron looked ... J.K. ROWLING I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he ... SARAH DESSEN No milk," I said. "No milk," said my sister. I watched my dad think about this... NEIL GAIMAN Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abo... J.K. ROWLING You say that your fare told you that he was a detective?" "Yes, he did." "When did he say ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn h... ELIZABETH ANDERSON At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn h... ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON Well,” he sighed, squeezing my hand back. “I guess we were both running away in different ways.�... KODY KEPLINGER Huh,” said Kit, thinking of the Cold Peace. “Are you a prisoner?” “No,” said the faer... CASSANDRA CLARE My father gave me a ruined boy to compensate for the fact that he does not love me. The ... BRENNA YOVANOFF Harry Potter told his son you’re a great man. [...] He said you were the bravest man he’d ever m... J.K. ROWLING That old berk," muttered Aberforth, taking another swig of mead. "Thought the sun shone out of my br... J.K. ROWLING Ron said nothing. He hadn’t mentioned Viktor Krum since the ball, but Harry had found a miniature ... J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” “Sorry?... J.K. ROWLING So I was a stone in the sea. Gravity gave up on keeping me above the surface. I did not try to... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON What if I promise to make you a batch of brownies tomorrow?" she asked, deciding to use his lov... R.L. MATHEWSON Mother,” Alec’s voice as he interrupted his mother was firm, implacable, and not unkind. “Fath... CASSANDRA CLARE People marvel at the genius of Mozart because he supposedly wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" at... CHARLES MARTIN He was an All-American a year ago, but he's had a hard string with illness and other things that hav... DANA SCHWARTING Aaaaah,’ said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney’s mystical whisper, ‘when two Neptunes appear... J.K. ROWLING It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayer... W. 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CHARLIE EPPS For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “... DIANA GABALDON What did you do to help the invisible man?" And he felt the monster's voice again, like it was ... PATRICK NESS But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the diffe... J.K. ROWLING Well, it was hard to find anybody, but I called my high school boyfriend and said, 'Can you tell the... ALICE RIVLIN She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. “And I love him more for i... ELIZABETH HOYT Achilles was looking at me. “Your hair never quite lies flat, here.” He touched my head, just be... MADELINE MILLER Interesting how fashion is cyclical,” Jaccob said when she came out of the store with two black pl... ERIK SCOTT DE BIE When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at Jon Jones' record when he was 1... 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J.K. ROWLING Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground, And while you’re searching, ... J.K. ROWLING Harry took a deep, steadying breath and then said, “Okay, I can’t see the World Cup. Can I go no... J.K. ROWLING A team of doctors had examined the bodies and had concluded that none of the Riddles had been poison... J.K. ROWLING Aren't you two ever going to read Hogwarts, A History?" "What's the point?" said Ron. "Yo... J.K. ROWLING He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip... J.K. ROWLING Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is ri... J.K. ROWLING The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. “Wangoballwime?” J.K. ROWLING But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. J.K. ROWLING Giggling should be made illegal. J.K. ROWLING OH NO YOU DON’T, LADDIE!” Harry spun around. Professor Moody was limping down the marble st... J.K. ROWLING There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage. J.K. ROWLING Worst that can happen is Hagrid’ll have to get rid of the skrewts. Sorry ... did I say worst? I me... J.K. ROWLING The fridge had been emptied of all Dudley’s favorite things — fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate ... J.K. ROWLING Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hint... J.K. ROWLING Bubotubers,” Professor Sprout told them briskly. “They need squeezing. You will collect the pus ... J.K. ROWLING Wow !” said Dennis, as though nobody in their wildest dreams could hope for more than being ... J.K. ROWLING Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to ... J.K. ROWLING We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. ~Albus Dumbledore J.K. ROWLING I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. “Nothing. I’m going back to bed.” J.K. ROWLING He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everythin... J.K. ROWLING Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor tower. Cho's voice echoin... J.K. ROWLING She’s a veela! ” he said hoarsely to Harry. “Of course she isn’t!” said Hermion... J.K. ROWLING I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I wa... J.K. ROWLING He knew one thing only, and it was beyond fear or reason: He was not going to die crouching here lik... J.K. ROWLING You know your mother, Malfoy?” said Harry “That expression she’s got, like she’s got ... J.K. ROWLING I hate being poor. J.K. ROWLING As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did. J.K. ROWLING Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don�... J.K. ROWLING Play to your strengths." "I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself.... J.K. ROWLING Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby! J.K. ROWLING No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had e... J.K. ROWLING She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. J.K. ROWLING You’re JOKING!” said Fred Weasley loudly. The tension that had filled the Hall ever since M... J.K. ROWLING Yeah you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Good-bye. J.K. ROWLING Oh, shut up Weatherby. J.K. ROWLING Hello, Professor McGonagall,” said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher. “What �... J.K. ROWLING He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "... J.K. ROWLING Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sur... J.K. ROWLING Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these,' said the Ministry wizard, and he bran... J.K. ROWLING Really Hagrid, if you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin... J.K. ROWLING Well, I’m sure you’ll find someone somewhere who’ll have you. J.K. ROWLING Of course we still want to know you!" Harry said, staring at Hagrid. "You don't think anything ... J.K. ROWLING Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being bor... J.K. ROWLING Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick h... J.K. ROWLING She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Pot... J.K. ROWLING But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. “Hermione... J.K. ROWLING I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memor... J.K. ROWLING Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him. J.K. ROWLING I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. J.K. ROWLING You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be! J.K. ROWLING I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the sh... J.K. ROWLING We're coming or you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and D... J.K. ROWLING Well, you can't break an Unbreakable Vow...." "I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily eno... J.K. ROWLING Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and wha... J.K. ROWLING I love magic! J.K. ROWLING Well, I can certainly see why we're trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn't want pets that can burn,... J.K. ROWLING Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even t... J.K. ROWLING He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him... J.K. ROWLING Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a so... J.K. ROWLING I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book J.K. ROWLING Wandering around at midnight, Ickle Firsties? Tut, tut, tut. Naughty, naughty, you'll get caughty. J.K. ROWLING Shooting stars all over Britain? Owls flying by daylight? Mysterious people in cloaks all over the p... J.K. ROWLING Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Un... J.K. ROWLING Why do you live? Because I have something worth living for. J.K. ROWLING I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail. . . . Gladys G... J.K. ROWLING Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Ver... J.K. ROWLING