YOU CHEATING SCUM!โ Lee Jordan was howling into the megaphone, dancing out of Professor McGonagallโs reach. โYOU FILTHY, CHEATING B โโ Professor McGonagall didnโt even bother to tell him off. She was actually shaking her finger in Malfoyโs direction, her hat had fallen off, and she too was shouting furiously.
J. K. RowlingHarry was just thinking that all he needed was for Dumbledore's pet bird to die while he was all alone in the office with it, when the bird burst into flames.
J. K. RowlingI love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
J. K. RowlingFinding out what youโre good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect.
J. K. RowlingHalf an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position of the planets at their moment of birth. It was dull work, requiring much consultation of timetables and calculation of angles. โIโve got two Neptunes here,โ said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, โthat canโt be right, can it?โ โAaaaah,โ said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawneyโs mystical whisper, โwhen two Neptunes appear in the sky, it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry . . .
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