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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.

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J. K. Rowling
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 31
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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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Ron: Why spiders? Why couldn't it be follow the butterflies?
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,' Hermione was saying, and then there's A- No, E, George corrected her, E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always thought Fred and I should've got E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.
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Instead (Harry) contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let's do it tonight.
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Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.
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I've no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out it would spoil the excitement for me if it turned out I just have a funny little wrinkle on the surface of my brain which makes me think about invisible train platforms.
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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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I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.
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We all know that the people we love are mortal, we all know we’re mortal, we know it’s going to end you cannot prepare yourself for it.
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There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore's voice. 'On the contrary... the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.
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Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.
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I don't need to publish to make a living.
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That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,” said Snape coolly. “Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.
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Harry constantly repeated Dumbledore's final words to himself. I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. ... Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. But what good were these words? Who exactly were they supposed to ask for help, when everyone was just as confused and scared as they were?
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I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death.
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Death is just life's next big adventure.
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What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down big deal.
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