He felt his heart pounding fiercely in his chest. How strange that in his dread of death, it pumped all the harder, valiantly keeping him alive. But it would have to stop, and soon. Its beats were numbered. How many would there be time for, as he rose and walked through the castle for the last time, out into the grounds and into the forest?
J. K. RowlingWhen I get married,' said Fred, tugging at the collar of his own robes. 'I won't be bothering with any of this nonsense. You can all wear what you like and I'll put a full body-bind curse on mum until it's over.
J. K. RowlingSnape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.
J. K. RowlingI am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know [my son]... but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life.
J. K. RowlingMr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
J. K. RowlingI never need to find time to read. When people say to me, โOh, yeah, I love reading. I would love to read, but I just donโt have time,โ Iโm thinking, โHow can you not have time?โ I read when Iโm drying my hair. I read in the bath. I read when Iโm sitting in the bathroom. Pretty much anywhere I can do the job one-handed, I read.
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