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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

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I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.

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Famous Harry Potter," said Malfoy. "Can't even go to a bookshop without making the front page.

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Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m...more

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But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.

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There were relatives of their victims among the Hogwarts students, who now found themselves the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame...more

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A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing thing...more

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Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything.