Her grief was so big and wild it terrified her, like an evil beast that had erupted from under the floorboards.
J. K. RowlingSnape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.
J. K. RowlingGryffindor leads by eighty points to zero, and look at that Firebolt go! Potterโs really putting it through its paces now, see it turn โ Changโs Comet is just no match for it, the Fireboltโs precision-balance is really noticeable in these long โโ โJORDAN! ARE YOU BEING PAID TO ADVERTISE FIREBOLTS? GET ON WITH THE COMMENTARY!
J. K. RowlingI think what is probably hard for people to imagine is how wrapped up the 17 years' work on Harry Potter is with what was going on in my life at the time. I was mourning the loss of this world that I had written for so long and loved so much. I was also mourning the retreat it had been from - from ordinary life, which it has been. And it forced me to look back at 17 years of my life and remember things.
J. K. Rowling