I think they ought to know. You do them a disservice by not confiding something this important to them.โ โI didnโt want โโ โโ to worry or frighten them?โ said Dumbledore, surveying Harry over the top of his half-moon spectacles. โOr perhaps, to confess that you yourself are worried and frightened? You need your friends, Harry. As you so rightly said, Sirius would not have wanted you to shut yourself away.
J. K. RowlingNow, you two โ this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've โ you've blown up a toilet or โ" "Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet." "Great idea though, thanks, Mum.
J. K. RowlingI look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent - of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards.
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. RowlingKarkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds. "And are you tempted to join him?" "No," said Snape, his black eyes on Fleur's and Roger's retreating figures. "I am not such a coward." "No," agreed Dumbledore. You are a braver man by far than Igot Karkaroff. You know, I sometimes think we Sort too soon..." He walked away, leaving Snape looking stricken.
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