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You fail by default when you live so cautiously you never fail.

J. K. Rowling

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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Joanne Jo Murray
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Another ten points from Gryffindor,” said Snape. “I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room.
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I haven’t got the heart to take the mickey out of him, even,” said Fred, looking over at Ron’s crumpled figure. “Mind you . . . when he missed the fourteenth . . .” He made wild motions with his arms as though doing an upright doggy-paddle. “Well, I’ll save it for parties, eh?
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No, Harry, you listen, said Hermione. We're coming with you. That was decided months ago - years, really.
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Love wins. It does win. We know it wins.
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An Unbreakable Vow? said Ron, looking stunned. Nah, he can’t have.... Are you sure? Yes I’m sure, said Harry. Why, what does it mean? Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow... I’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.
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No, it was honest, said Harry. One of the only honest things you've said to me. You don't care whether I live or die, but you do care that I help you convince everyone you're winning the war against Voldemort.
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Course Dumbledore trusts you,” growled Moody. “He’s a trusting man, isn’t he? Believes in second chances. But me — I say there are spots that don’t come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, d’you know what I mean?
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