Some of her self-hatred had oozed out with the blood.

I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.

We touch other people's lives simply by existing.

If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz.

And as she jogged out of sight, they could hear her muttering, "Tentacula. Devil's Snare. And Snargaluff pods. Yes, I'd like to see Death Eaters fighting those.

I never expected to be in the papers. I personally never expected to be in the papers. The height of my ambition for these books was, well frankly, to get reviewed. A lot of children's books don't even get reviewed.. forget good review, bad review. Personally, no, I never expected to be in the papers so it's an odd experience when it happens to you .

If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.