Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are. They can refuse to hear screams or to peer inside cages; they can close their minds and hearts to any suffering that does not touch them personally; they can refuse to know. I might be tempted to envy people who can live that way, except that I do not think they have any fewer nightmares than I do. The wilfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.
J. K. RowlingWhat do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!
J. K. RowlingHeโll accept anyone at Hogwarts, sโlong as theyโve got the talent. Knows people can turn out okay even if their families werenโ . . .well . . . all thaโ respectable.
J. K. RowlingI heard from my dear friend Tiberius Ogden, that you can produce a Patronus? For a bonus point...? Harry raised his wand, looked directly at Umbridge, and imagined her being sacked. Expecto Patronum! The silver stag erupted from the end of his wand and cantered the length of the hall.
J. K. RowlingBut people only die in proper duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoyโll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage. I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.โ โAnd what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?โ โThrow it away and punch him on the nose,โ Ron suggested.
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