The sky outside the window was changing rapidly from deep, velvety blue to cold, steely gray and then, slowly, to pink shot with gold.
J. K. RowlingPercy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats.
J. K. RowlingI have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potterโs son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter โ
J. K. RowlingI think what is probably hard for people to imagine is how wrapped up the 17 years' work on Harry Potter is with what was going on in my life at the time. I was mourning the loss of this world that I had written for so long and loved so much. I was also mourning the retreat it had been from - from ordinary life, which it has been. And it forced me to look back at 17 years of my life and remember things.
J. K. Rowling