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. RowlingI think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother and it really was hand to mouth at one point. It was literally as poor as you can get in Britain without being homeless at one point. If you've ever been there you will never, ever take for granted that you don't need to worry. Never.
J. K. RowlingRunning at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet.
J. K. RowlingThere appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.
J. K. RowlingWhatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up stories on the computer when no one was looking. I was never paying much attention in meetings because I was usually scribbling bits of my latest stories in the margins of the pad or thinking up names for my characters. This is a problem when you're supposed to be taking minutes of the meeting.
J. K. RowlingEr โ have the Bludgers ever killed anyone?โ Harry asked, hoping he sounded offhand. โNever at Hogwarts. Weโve had a couple of broken jaws but nothing worse than that. You donโt have to worry about the Quaffle or the Bludgers โโ โโ unless they crack my head open.โ โDonโt worry, the Weasleys are more than a match for the Bludgers โ I mean, theyโre like a pair of human Bludgers themselves.
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