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J. K. Rowling Quotes about Opportunity

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Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

J. K. Rowling
Opportunity, Wizards, Courtesy
J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.56, Pottermore

Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?' 'Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

J. K. Rowling
Opportunity, Doors, Rude
J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, p.56, Pottermore

The opportunity was too perfect to miss. Harry crept silently around behind Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, bent down, and scooped a large handful of mud out of the path. 'We were just talking about your friend Hagrid,' Malfoy said to Ron. 'Just trying to imagine what he's saying to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. D'you think he'll cry when they cut off his hippogriff's—' SPLAT. Malfoy's head jerked back as the mud hit him; his silverblond hair was suddenly dripping in muck.

J. K. Rowling
Cutting, Opportunity, Thinking

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