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“For a split second, Harry thought how absurd it was for Tonks to expect the dummy to hear her talking that quietly through a sheet of glass, when there were buses rumbling along behind her and all ...”
“Then you get the wrong answer and you can't go to the Moon that way! Nature isn't a person, you can't trick them into believing something else, if you try to tell the Moon it's made of cheese you c...”
“He hurried to car and set off home, hoping he was imagining things, which he had never hoped before, because he didn't approve of imagination.”
“II didn't think""That," said Professor McGonagall, "is obvious.”
“The trouble was, I did know what I wanted from Grace Towne. I wanted to sleep with her, sure. I wanted her to be my girlfriend. A few years from now, I wanted to marry her. And then, when we were o...”
“Did you kiss?" asked Hermione briskly.Ron sat up so fast that he sent his ink bottle flying all over the rug. Disregarding this completely he stared avidly at Harry."Well?" he demanded.Harry looked...”
“They never understood what Harry Potter was about. Or maybe they didn't want to understand.”
“They never understood what Harry Potter what about. Or maybe they didn't want to understand.”
“A thousand years or more ago,When I was newly sewn,There lived four wizards of renown,Whose name are still well-known:Bold Gryffindor from wild moor,Fair Ravlenclaw from glen,Sweet Hufflepuff from ...”
“We were young, thoughtless - carried away with our own cleverness”
“No story lives unless someone wants to listen. So thank you, all of you.”
“A letter? repeated Professor McGonagall faintly, sitting back down on the wall. Really Dumbledore, you think you can explain all this in a letter? These people will never understand him! Hell be fa...”
“Both Rowling and Meyer, theyre speaking directly to young people. The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer cant write worth a darn. Shes not very good.”
“The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well.”
“I'm going to keep going until I succeed or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.”
“Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
“Swish and flick.”
“Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not suppos...”
“Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mo...”
“But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.""Really?""It did for me," said Harry.He had never told any of his child...”