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I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's.
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Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.
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She had a way of moving that moved him as much as music, which was what moved him most of all. Surely the spirit animating that pearless body must be unusual too? Why would nature make a vessel like that, if not to contain something still more valuable?
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In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.
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I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three hours. It really depends on how fast the ideas are coming.
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It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite truthful. But then, it had been a quite personal question.
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I never know, Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, What's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite? Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it, said Hagrid.
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I am very frustrated by fear of imagination, I don’t think that’s healthy.
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No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say never, but I have no plans to write an eighth book.
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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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... you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!
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Instead (Harry) contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let's do it tonight.
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How come the Muggles don’t hear the bus?” said Harry. “Them!” said Stan contemptuously. “Don’ listen properly, do they? Don’ look properly either. Never notice nuffink, they don’.
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It was so good to be held. If only their relationship could be distilled into simple, wordless gestures of comfort. Why had humans ever learned to talk?
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Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!
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I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent - of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards.
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This is night, Diddykins. That's what we call it when it goes all dark like this.
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We did it, we bashed them wee Potter's the one, and Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!
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Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.
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You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!
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