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You’ve got to give the door something?’‘Yes,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Blood, if I am not much mistak

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What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.

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You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive...more

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The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, th...more

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Yes, Harry, you can love, said Dumbledore, who looked as though he knew perfectly well what Harry had just refrain from saying. Which, given everythin...more

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Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The...more

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Bed rest and a large steaming mug of hot chocolate. I always find that cheers me up.

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Dumbledore is gone, Harry. He's gone.He will only be gone from the school when none here or loyal to him, said Harry, smiling in spite of himself.

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The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

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Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

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Merlin's pants!" shrieked Hermione, jumping up and running from the room."Merlin's pants?" repeated Ron, looking amused. "She must be really upset.

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An explanation of an old man’s mistakes. For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regard to you, bears all hallmarks of the failings of...more

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Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places.

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Stange how nearsighted being invisible can make you" - said Dumbledore

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Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two.