01c. 1997 ADYes, alive,” said Fudge. “That is — I don’t know — is a man alive if he can’t be killed? I don’t really understand it, and Dumbledore won’t explain properly — but anyway, he’s certainly got a body and is walking and talking and killing, so I suppose, for the purposes of our discussion, yes, he’s alive.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
02c. 1997 ADIf she could have died...if she could have disappeared forever...but the solid surface of things refused to dissolve around her, and her body, her hateful hermaphrodite's body, continued in its stubborn, lumpen way, to live...J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
03c. 1997 ADHarry Potter," he said very softly. His voice might have been part of the spitting fire. "The Boy Who Lived."None of the Death Eaters moved. They were waiting. Everything was waiting. Hagrid was struggling, and Bellatrix was panting, and Harry thought inexplicably of Ginny, and her blazing look, and the feel of her lips on his--Voldemort had raised his wand. His head was still tilted to one side, like a curious child, wondering what would happen if he proceeded. Harry looked back into the red eyes, and wanted it to happen now, quickly, while he could still stand, before he lost control, before he betrayed fear--He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
04c. 1997 ADHuman efforts to avoid or overcome death are always doomed to disappointment.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
05c. 1997 ADHarry lost any sense of where they were: Streetlights above him, yells around him, he was clinging to the sidecar for dear life. Hedwig’s cage, the Firebolt, and his rucksack slipped from beneath his knees —“No — HEDWIG!”The broomstick spun to earth, but he just managed to seize the strap of his rucksack and the top of the cage as the motorbike swung the right way up again. A second’s relief, and then another burst of green light. The owl screeched and fell to the floor of the cage.“No — NO!”The motorbike zoomed forward; Harry glimpsed hooded Death Eaters scattering as Hagrid blasted through their circle. —”But the owl lay motionless and pathetic as a toy on the floor of her cage.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
06c. 1997 ADI 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.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
07c. 1997 ADWriting for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could havemade me do it, or prevented me from doing it.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
08c. 1997 ADDestiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
09c. 1997 ADHis priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
10c. 1997 ADIndifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
11c. 1997 ADAll's fair in love and war," said Ron brightly, "and this is a bit of both.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
12c. 1997 ADSometimes, if she simply remained quiet, and let the inadequacy of his excuses reverberate on the air, he became ashamed and backtracked.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
13c. 1997 ADShe seemed to think that one of the perks of marriage was that it gave you rights of comment and intrusion over single people's love lives.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
14c. 1997 ADNEWT: Now there's absolutely nothing for you to worry about.JACOB: Tell me - has anyone ever believed you when you told them not to worry?NEWT: My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
16c. 1997 ADBut Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
17c. 1997 ADDon’t put your wand there, boy! ... Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know!J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
18c. 1997 ADWelcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
20c. 1997 ADOh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?''No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
22c. 1997 ADHer voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless..J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
23c. 1997 ADSo,” sneered Fudge, recovering himself, “you intend to take on Dawlish, Shacklebolt, Dolores, and myself single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?”“Merlin’s beard, no,” said Dumbledore, smiling. “Not unless you are foolish enough to force me to.”“He will not be single-handed!” said Professor McGonagall loudly, plunging her hand inside her robes.“Oh yes he will, Minerva!” said Dumbledore sharply. “Hogwarts needs you!J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
24c. 1997 ADYou know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for now reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains.J.K. Rowling / quote ↗
