Ron, you know full well Harry and I were brought up by Muggles!โ said Hermione. โWe didnโt hear stories like that when we were little, we heard โSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsโ and โCinderellaโ โโ โWhatโs that, an illness?โ asked Ron.
J. K. RowlingGotta bone ter pick with yeh. I've heard you've bin givin' out signed photos. How come I haven't got one?
J. K. RowlingThere had been no more attacks since those on Justin and Nearly Headless Nick, and Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the Mandrakes were becoming moody and secretive, meaning that they were fast leaving childhood.
J. K. RowlingEverything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there โ the walls and the chairs and the childrenโs pictures on the walls โ meant nothing. Every atom of it had been blasted apart and reconstituted in an instant, and its appearance of permanence and solidity was laughable; it would dissolve at a touch, for everything was suddenly tissue-thin and friable.
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