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He was slumped in the back, gazing out of the window, as though his parents were two people who had picked him up hitchhiking, connected to him merely by chance and proximity.
J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Yeah 'ear 'ear, said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched.
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Makes a diff'rence, havin' a decent family,' he said. 'Me dad was decent. An' your mum an' dad were decent. If they'd lived, life woulda bin diff'rent, eh?' 'Yeah, I s'pose,' said Harry cautiously. Hagrid seemed to be in a very strange mood. 'Family,' said Hagrid gloomily. 'Whatever yeh say, blood's important.
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Severus Snape wasn't yours, said Harry. Snape was Dumbledores, Dumbledores from the moment you started hunting down my mother.
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To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
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You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in.
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Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people, in other words.
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I don't feel I owe my readers details of my family's private life.
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