J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy."
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Potters
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J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf!"
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"Dobby is a free elf, and Dobby has come to save Harry Potter and his friends!"
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"The dementors send their love, Potter!"
J. K. Rowling
Novelist, Screenwriter
"You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."
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"My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do."
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"You look in excellent health to me, Potter, so you will excuse me if I don't let you off homework today. I assure you that if you do die, you need not hand it in."
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"Blimey,” said the other twin. “Are you — ?” “He is,” said the first twin. “Aren’t you?” he added to Harry. “What?” said Harry. “Harry Potter,” chorused the twins. “Oh, him,” said Harry. “I mean, yes, I am."
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"... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it."
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"The wand chooses the wizard."
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"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
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"I was a Harry Potter nerd. Pencils were wands. I was going to Hogwarts. The whole thing. You don't understand what a nerd I am. I mean, if they remade them, I'd still go. Like, I've seen all of [the originals], and that's always going to be Harry. That's always going to be Ron and Hermione. But if they did it again, I absolutely would go, because I want to see it all again."
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"Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?" "Yes." "You called her a liar?" "Yes." "You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?" "Yes." "Have a biscuit, Potter."
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"To Harry Potter — the boy who lived!"
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"It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up."
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"It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well."
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"I say there are spots that don't come off.... Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean?"
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"Do not pity the dead, Harry."
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"Everyone queue up!' Malfoy roared to the crowd. 'Harry Potter's giving out signed photos!"
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"You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death."
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"Decent people are so easy to manipulate, Potter."
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"Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth."
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"We did it, we bashed them wee Potter's the one, and Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!"
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"The ones that love us never really leave us."
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"But Dobby shouted, "You shall not harm Harry Potter! ... He got up, face livid, and pulled out his wand, but Dobby raised a long, threatening finger. "You shall go now," he said fiercely, pointing down at Mr. Malfoy. "You shall not touch Harry Potter. You shall go now."
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