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414417d
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When in doubt, go to the library.
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Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?
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J.K. Rowling |
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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...
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J.K. Rowling |
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Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here.
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J.K. Rowling |
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I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.
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intelligence
self-recognition
mistakes
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J.K. Rowling |
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f22b405
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So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.
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humor
malfoy
ron-weasley
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Just then Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary.
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J.K. Rowling |
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I'm never wearing them," Ron was saying stubbornly. "Never." "Fine," snapped Mrs. Weasley. "Go naked. And, Harry, make sure you get a picture of him. Goodness knows I could do with a laugh."
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How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding. "The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said Mr. Weasley. Everyone looked up at him. "Why?" said Percy curiously. "It's because of you, Perce," said George seriously. "And there'll be little flags on the hoods, with HB on them-" "-for Humongous Bighead," said Fred." --
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humor
self-importance
percy-weasley
teasing
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J.K. Rowling |
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What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked. Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Hermione. When we're looking for the Horcruxes." Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library."
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packing
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J.K. Rowling |
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cb8f518
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By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.
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J.K. Rowling |
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I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I sat on graduation day have been my friends for life. They are my children's godparents, the people to whom I've been able to turn in times of trouble, friends who have been kind enough not to sue me when I've used their names for Death Eaters. At our graduation we were bound by enormous affection, by our shared experience of a time that could ..
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harvard-commencement-speech
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What's that?" he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. "If it's another form for me to sign, you've got another -" "It's not," said Harry cheerfully. "It's a letter from my godfather." "Godfather?" sputtered Uncle Vernon. "You haven't got a godfather!" "Yes, I have," said Harry brightly. "He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run..
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harry-potter
humor
godfather
sirius-black
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Luna had decorated her bedroom ceiling with five beautifully painted faces: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville. They were not moving as the portraits at Hogwarts moved, but there was a certain magic about them all the same: Harry thought they breathed. What appeared to be fine golden chains wove around the pictures, linking them together, but after examining them for a minute or so, Harry realized that the chains were actually one wor..
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I am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know [my son]... but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life."
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J.K. Rowling |
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a2c1a5e
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Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.
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killing
harry-potter
dumbledore
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J.K. Rowling |
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Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic?" said Malfoy. "And he's supposed to be our teacher!" Harry and Ron both made furious moves toward Malfoy, but Hermione got there first - SMACK! She had slapped Malfoy across the face with all the strength she could muster. Malfoy staggered. Harry, Ron, Crabbe, and Goyle stood flabbergasted as Hermione raised her hand again. "Don't you call Hagrid pathetic you foul--you evil--" "Hermione!" sai..
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harry-potter
malfoy
hermione-granger
ron-weasley
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J.K. Rowling |
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876d868
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Swish and flick.
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sorcer
stone
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J.K. Rowling |
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ddf9ec7
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I wish...I wish were dead..." "And what use would that be to anyone?"
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harry-potter
severus-snape
wish
stress
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J.K. Rowling |
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da9a175
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Would it hurt to die?
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J.K. Rowling |
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Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?
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humor
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J.K. Rowling |
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bf33462
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You think I'm a fool?" demanded Harry. "No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends."
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trust
james-potter
loyalty
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You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.
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J.K. Rowling |
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So why in the name of Merlin's saggy left --" "Don't talk to your mother like that." --
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harry-potter
humor
ron-weasley
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J.K. Rowling |
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9e34aeb
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HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I-WANT-TO-TALK-TO-HARRY-POTTER!
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J.K. Rowling |
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e375e07
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Alas! Earwax!
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humor
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J.K. Rowling |
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6534973
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Harry looked around; there was Ginny running toward him; she had a hard blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her. After several long moments, or it might have been half an hour-or possibly several sunlit days- they broke apart.
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J.K. Rowling |
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95c5272
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Mischief Managed.
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J.K. Rowling |
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c7dec69
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It unscrews the other way.
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J.K. Rowling |
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Well, we were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather better by telling him how he told the examiner in detail about the ugly man with a wart on his nose in the crystal ball, only to look up and realize he had been describing the examiner's reflection."
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harry-potter
humor
ron-weasley
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J.K. Rowling |
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e5415d3
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Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.
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sunset
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9b99fc2
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Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus [ ]
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motto
never-tickle-a-sleeping-dragon
latin
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J.K. Rowling |
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fd546d4
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Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?
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party
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J.K. Rowling |
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55ecf94
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Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.
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J.K. Rowling |
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53ee716
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First sign of madness, talking to your own head.
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madness
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J.K. Rowling |
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a8bdea3
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Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.
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seasons
color
art
fall
autumn
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0bad0b2
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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. I wish you all very good lives.
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life
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I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon - or when the seeker has an ..
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yule-ball
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ba34a29
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Has Ron saved a goal yet?" asked Hermione, peering over the top of "Well, he can do it if he doesn't think anyone's watching him," said Fred, rolling his eyes. "So all we have to do is ask the crowd to turn their backs and talk among themselves every time the Quaffle goes up his end on Saturday."
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J.K. Rowling |
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7ca4281
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Constant vigilance!
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J.K. Rowling |
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bc7c227
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Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched."
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harry-potter
puns
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J.K. Rowling |
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adfd399
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The Death Eaters can't all be pure-blood, there aren't enough pure-blood wizards left," said Hermione stubbornly. "I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It's only Muggle-borns they hate, they'd be quite happy to let you and Ron join up" "There is no way they'd let me be a Death Eater!" said Ron indignantly...."My whole family are blood traitors! That's as bad as Muggle-borns to Death Eaters!" "And they'd love to hav..
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funny
humor
death-eaters
muggle-born
muggles
wizards
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J.K. Rowling |
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c42a2bf
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Hermione launched herself forwards and started punching every inch of him that she could reach. 'Ouch -- ow -- gerroff! What the -- ? Hermione -- OW!' "You -- complete -- arse -- Ronald -- Weasley!" She punctuated every word with a blow: Ron backed away, shielding his head as Hermione advanced."
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humor
ron-weasley
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J.K. Rowling |
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8941709
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Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
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tyrants
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