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The Prime Minister gazed hopelessly at the pair of them for a moment, then the words he had fought to suppress all evening burst from him at

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For a split second, Harry thought how absurd it was for Tonks to expect the dummy to hear her talking that quietly through a sheet of glass, when ther...more

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...but it's not so much having to repair the damage, it's more the attitude behind the vandalism, Harry. Muggle-baiting might strike some wizards as f...more

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Only Muggles talk of the ‘mind reading.’ The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside o...more

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Harry―yer a wizard.

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Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!

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Oh, are you doing magic? Let’s see it, then.”She sat down. Ron looked taken aback.“Er — all right.”He cleared his t

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Ah, music, a magic beyond all we do here.

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We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

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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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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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Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic...

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Why would anyone bother making door-keys shrink?’ said George.‘Just Muggle-baiting,’ sighed Mr Weasley. ‘Sell them a key that keeps shrinking to nothi...more

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To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.-Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter, pag...more

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I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.