Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She โ er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.
J. K. RowlingDumbledore had not raised his voice, he did not even sound angry, but Harry would have preferred him to yell; this cold disappointment was worse than anything.
J. K. RowlingOh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.
J. K. RowlingIโm not a freak. Thatโs a horrible thing to say." "Thatโs where youโre going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy ... weirdos, thatโs what you two are..." "You didnโt think it was such a freakโs school when you wrote the headmaster and begged him to take you.
J. K. RowlingYou know how I think they choose people for Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for now reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money - you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains.
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