Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won't they?" said Hermione as they got off the train and joined the crowd thronging toward the enchanted barrier. "When they hear what you did this year?" "Proud?" said Harry. "Are you crazy? All those times I could've died, and I didn't manage it? They'll be furious.
J. K. RowlingVot is the point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?
J. K. RowlingHow come the Muggles donโt hear the bus?โ said Harry. โThem!โ said Stan contemptuously. โDonโ listen properly, do they? Donโ look properly either. Never notice nuffink, they donโ.
J. K. RowlingYou can choose, you can go one of two ways. You can be the person I probably admire more and say 'well I don't care and I'll continue not to bother to brush my hair.' Or you can be a weak-willed person like me and think 'oh I'd better get my act together. And maybe my mother was right and I do need to put my hair back and tidy myself up a bit.' So I did tidy myself up a bit. But I do often resent the amount of time that it takes to pull yourself together to go on TV, I really do. If I sound bitter, then that accurately reflects how I feel about the subject.
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