Course Dumbledore trusts you,โ growled Moody. โHeโs a trusting man, isnโt he? Believes in second chances. But me โ I say there are spots that donโt come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, dโyou know what I mean?
J. K. RowlingHe chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore. And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood (which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing), but the half-blood, like himself. He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a future, which have fitted you to escape him not once, but four times so far โ something that neither your parents, nor Nevilleโs parents, ever achieved.
J. K. RowlingI think writing about the time in Hermioneโs life that I write about โ growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think it๏ปฟ brought back to me how very difficult it is.So much is expected of you as you become a woman, and often you are asked to sacrifice parts of you in becoming a girl, I would say. Hermione doesnโt.
J. K. RowlingBidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, โDaddy, look โ one of the gnomes actually bit me!โ โHow wonderful! Gnome saliva is enormously beneficial!โ said Mr. Lovegood, seizing Lunaโs outstretched finger and examining the bleeding puncture marks. โLuna, my love, if you should feel any burgeoning talent today โ perhaps an unexpected urge to sing opera or to declaim in Mermish โ do not repress it! You may have been gifted by the Gernumblies!โ Ron, passing them in the opposite direction, let out a loud snort.
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