Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. 'It is time,โ he said, โfor me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.
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. RowlingThe fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
J. K. RowlingThat's right," said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. "That's right, Harry... come on, think of something happy..." "Something happy?" he said, his voice cracked. "We're all still here," she whispered, "We're still fighting. Come on, now.
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