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J. K. Rowling Quotes - Page 47

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Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?

Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?

Defeated, Harry Potter

The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter... or at least, most minds are.

Mind, Potters, Complexes

As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic.

Nice, Taken, Garden

How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said Mr. Weasley. Everyone looked up at him. "Why?" said Percy curiously. "It's because of you, Perce," said George seriously. "And there'll be little flags on the hoods, with HB on them-" "-for Humongous Bighead," said Fred.

Family, Kings, Dad

Why were you lurking under our window?" "Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?" "Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice. His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage. "Listening to the news! Again?" "Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry.

Uncles, Aunt, Boys

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, p.13, Pottermore

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.

Expectations, Hermione, Exam

Hermione drew herself to her full height; her eyes were narrowed and her hair seemed to crackle with electricity. "No," she said, her voice quivering with anger, "but I will write to your mother.

Mother, Writing, Eye

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer.

Water, Tasks, Easier

Nasty temper he's got, that Sirius Black.

Black, Nasty, Sirius

Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

Boys, Potters, Way

1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, opening lines.

We'll be there, Harry," said Ron "What?" "At your Aunt and Uncle's house," said Ron, "And then we'll go with you wherever you're going." "No-" said Harry quickly; he hadn't counted on this, he had meant them to understand that he was undertaking the most dangerous journey alone. "You said it once before," said Hermione quickly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we? We're with you whatever happens.

Uncles, Aunt, Journey

"Well, we were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather better by telling him how he told the examiner in detail about the ugly man with a wart on his nose in the crystal ball, only to look up and realize he had been describing the examiner's reflection.

Reflection, Men, Details

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Book by J. K. Rowling, June 21, 2003.

So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.

Mother, Brain, Thank God

Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!

Mind, Usual, Tasks

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 8, 1999.

Whatever house I'm in, I hope she's not in it.

House

Harry, we saw Uranus up close!” said Ron, still giggling feebly. “Get it, Harry? We saw Uranus — ha ha ha —

Saws, Said, Stills

Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.

Moving, Thinking, Soul

What's that supposed to be anyway?" said Fred squinting at Dobby's painting. "Looks like a Gibbon with two black eyes!" "It's Harry," said George pointing at the back of the picture. "Says so on the back." "Good likeness," said Fred grinning. Harry threw his new homework diary at him.

Eye, Two, Squinting

Well you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should.

Busy, Too Busy, Should

What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!" "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!

Fighting, Should Have, Evil

You do not seek to kill me, Dumbledore?" called Voldemort, his scarlet eyes narrowed. "Above such brutality, are you?" "We both know that there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom," Dumbledore said calmly. "Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit - " "There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" snarled Voldemort. "You are quite wrong," said Dumbledore, speaking as lightly as though they were discussing the matter over drinks. "Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness.

Eye, Men, Weakness

I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely.

Mean, Rude, Tone

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.45, Pottermore

If you made a better rat than a human, it’s not much to boast about, Peter.

Rats, Made, Peter

The silence was unbearable to him. If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.

Pain, Silence, Feelings

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 supposed to survive.

Lying, Office, Secret

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