Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald, Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they're bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, So teach us something worth knowing, Bring us back what we've forgot, Just do your best, we'll do the rest, And learn until our brains all rot.
J. K. RowlingThe fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous....You know I didn't think they'd rake through my bins, I didn't expect to be photographed on the beach through long lens. I never dreamt it would impact my daughter's life negatively, which at times it has. It would be churlish to say there's nothing good about being famous; to have a total stranger walk up to you as you're walking around Safeways, and say a number of nice things that they might say about your work.
J. K. RowlingWhat do we want to be prefects for?โ said George, looking revolted at the very idea. โItโd take all the fun out of life.
J. K. RowlingHalf an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position of the planets at their moment of birth. It was dull work, requiring much consultation of timetables and calculation of angles. โIโve got two Neptunes here,โ said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, โthat canโt be right, can it?โ โAaaaah,โ said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawneyโs mystical whisper, โwhen two Neptunes appear in the sky, it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry . . .
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