Yes, Harry Potter!โ said Dobby at once, his great eyes shining with excitement. โAnd if Dobby does it wrong, Dobby will throw himself off the topmost tower, Harry Potter!โ โThere wonโt be any need for that,โ said Harry hastily.
J. K. RowlingI imagine them very clearly and then attempt to describe what I can see. Sometimes I draw them for my own amusement! (talking about her characters and scenes)
J. K. RowlingBut you're dead," said Harry. "Oh yes," said Dumbledore matter-of-factly. "Then...I'm dead too?" "Ah," said Dumbledore, smiling still more broadly. "That is the question, isn't it? On the whole, dear boy, I think not.โ They looked at each other, the old man still beaming. "Not?" repeated Harry. "Not," said Dumbledore. "Butโฆ" Harry raised his hand instinctively toward the lightning scar. It did not seem to be there. "But I should have diedโI didn't defend myself! I meant to let him kill me!" "And that," said Dumbledore, "will, I think, have made all the difference.
J. K. RowlingHarry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you..." "Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?" said Harry sarcastically.
J. K. RowlingOne of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by the Greek author Plutarch: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. That is an astonishing statement and yet proven a thousand times every day of our lives. It expresses, in part, our inescapable connection with the outside world, the fact that we touch other peopleโs lives simply by existing.
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