Yes, Harry Potter!โ said Dobby at once, his great eyes shining with excitement. โAnd if Dobby does it wrong, Dobby will throw himself off the topmost tower, Harry Potter!โ โThere wonโt be any need for that,โ said Harry hastily.
J. K. RowlingChess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.
J. K. RowlingRon and Hermione were still smirking and Harry felt his temper rise; he wasnโt even sure why he was feeling so angry. โDonโt sit there grinning like you know better than I do, I was there, wasnโt I?โ he said heatedly. โI know what went on, all right? And I didnโt get through any of that because I was brilliant at Defense Against the Dark Arts, I got through it all because โ because help came at the right time, or because I guessed right โ but I just blundered through it all, I didnโt have a clue what I was doing โ STOP LAUGHING!
J. K. RowlingWhy do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
J. K. RowlingI've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned a ridiculous amount about alchemy. Perhaps much of it I'll never use in the books, but I have to know in detail what magic can and cannot do in order to set the parameters and establish the stories' internal logic.
J. K. Rowling