I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself.


J. K. Rowling

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Lily and James only made you Secret-Keeper because I suggested it,” Black hissed, so venomously th...
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Oh, for heaven’s sake, Sirius, Dumbledore said no!”

A bearlike black dog had appeared...
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Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.
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Why would I go looking for someone I know wants to kill me?
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You are — truly your father’s son, Harry. . . .
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But some part of him realized, even as he fought to break free from Lupin, that Sirius had never kep...
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He's not a child!" said Sirius impatiently.

"He's not an adult either!" said Mrs. Weasley...
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You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us?
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You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!
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He might have crawled up into the airing cupboard and died, but I mustn't get my hopes up.
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Remus Lupin: I am not being ridiculous. Tonks deserves somebody young and whole.
Mr. Weasley: B...
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What you fear most of all is-fear.
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I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,” he said, “and ...
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Not at all up to your usual standard, Hermione. Only one out of three, I’m afraid. I have not been...
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Loony, Loopy Lupin.
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Harry -- yer a wizard.
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Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many peop...
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Well, you're expelling us aren't you?" said Ron.
"Not today, Mr. Weasley."
Snape looked as...
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First sign of madness, talking to your own head.
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Well, that won’t matter if they turn out to cure seasickness or something, will it?” said Ron, g...
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thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing . . . maybe you’ve got to attack him while he’s i...
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Well, I can certainly see why we’re trying to keep them alive,” said Malfoy sarcastically. “Wh...
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Now, Ron, the Sorting’s much more important than food,” said Nearly Headless Nick as “Madley, ...
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Bagman swore loudly. ‘Damn them!’ he said, looking quite distracted,
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Malfoy got Hermione!” Ron said. “Look!” He forced Hermione to show Snape her teeth — she was...
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I might be seeing you all sooner than you think,” said Charlie, grinning, as he hugged Ginny good-...
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Yeah, well, yeh get weirdos in every breed. I’m not sayin’ there isn’t the odd elf who’d tak...
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Right little ray of sunshine, aren’t you?” said Ron. “You and Professor Trelawney should get t...
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He wrenched the hangings shut around his four-poster, leaving Harry standing there by the door, star...
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Ron’s voice now joined the others’. “What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “O...
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sporadic howls from the ghoul who lived in the attic.
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Bill and Charlie both had their wands out, and were making two battered old tables fly high above th...
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Sirius shook his head and said, “She’s got the measure of Crouch better than you have, Ron. If y...
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The box filled gradually around them over the next half hour. Mr. Weasley kept shaking hands with pe...
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What?” Ron bellowed furiously. “Four? You lousy, biased scumbag, you gave Krum ten!” But Harry...
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Don’t you?” said Moody quietly. “It’s very simple, Karkaroff. Someone put Potter’s name in...
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He often got sympathy from strangers for being an orphan, but as he listened to Neville’s snores, ...
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