1,714 Quotes by J.K. Rowling

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    Harry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore’s pet bird to die while he was all alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames.

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    Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right,” said Hermione. “I heard him telling your mum, Ron.” “Sounds like the sort of mental thing Dumbledore would say,” said Ron.

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    Listening to the news! Again?” “Well, it changes every day, you see,” said Harry.

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    He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself.

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    And it’s Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle – Flint alongside her – poke him in the eye, Angelina – it was a joke, professor, it was a joke...

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    Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that’s gripping the nation!

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    Albus Dumbledore didn’t seem to realize that he had just arrived in a street where everything from his name to his boots was unwelcome.

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    It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel – past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment...

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    Ultimately, she had a bigger heart than she had a brain, and that’s saying something for Hermione.

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