Joanne Rowling Quotes
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The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry recited. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” “What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly.
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His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
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Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.
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Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
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Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.
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Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.
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Well, think back," said Harry. "Have you ever let it slip that you'd like to go out in public with the words 'My Sweetheart' round your neck?
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I like to get in among a set of people and get to know them very well.
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Now, I don’t want any of you youngsters to worry — you’ll still have your Potions master when I’m through with him, never fear!” “Wouldn’t it be good if they finished each other off?” Ron muttered in Harry’s ear.
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Choose what to believe. He wanted the truth. Why was everybody so determined that he should not get it.
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I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.
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I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.
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I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.
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Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
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I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.
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Worst that can happen is Hagrid’ll have to get rid of the skrewts. Sorry ... did I say worst? I meant best.
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Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.
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Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
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It is one of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is fascinating, the men are handsome and the whisky is delicious. But don't eat the macaroni pies.
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If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!
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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.
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The first story I finished was when I was six years old.
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The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.