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You’ve got to give the door something?’‘Yes,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Blood, if I am not much mistak

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The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, th...more

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I think that perhaps if I had had to slow down the ideas so that I could capture them on paper I might have stifled some of them.

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Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The...more

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Why would anyone bother making door-keys shrink?’ said George.‘Just Muggle-baiting,’ sighed Mr Weasley. ‘Sell them a key that keeps shrinking to nothi...more

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Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could havemade me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

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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.-Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter, pag...more

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I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

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Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged.

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The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge y...more

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We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

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I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book

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You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve

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I WILL NOT TOLERATE MENTION OF YOUR ABNORMALITY UNDER THIS ROOF!

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Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!