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Time Quotes by J.K. Rowling

61 Time quotes by J.K. Rowling

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A wizard facing a choice between right and easy shows how tough decisions can feel. The quotes also mention conflict with the Ministry, where characters stand up against powerful rules. They add a note about feeling lonely when a loved one is far away.

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“There will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.”

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“Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is RIGHT and what is easy.”

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“He was finding it hard at the moment to decide whether he wanted to be with people or not.”

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“For the first time in his life, he wanted his wand back in his hand, not to defend himself, but to attack...…

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“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of…

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“Hufflepuff is a pushover. Last time we played them, Harry caught the Snitch in about five minutes,”

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“There was a moment’s silence. A light night breeze rattled the windowpanes behind Ron and the fire guttered.”

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“It's time you learned some respect! "It's time you earned it." said Harry.”

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“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in…

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“The name of Grindelwald is justly famous: In a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, he would miss out…

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“But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. Because there are somethings you can't go through in life and become…

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“Harry accelerated, eyes fixed on the speck of gold ahead — but just then, Cho appeared out of thin air, blocking him…

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“What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the…

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“Twelve times he clicked the Put-Outer, until the only lights left on the whole street were two tiny pinpricks in the distance,…

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“He stood up. His heart was leaping against his ribs like a frantic bird. Perhaps it knew it had little time left,…

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“Harry had the best morning he’d had in a long time. He was careful to walk a little way apart from the…

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“Voldemort,” said Riddle softly, “is my past, present, and future, Harry Potter. . . .” He pulled Harry’s wand from his pocket…

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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…

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“Astoria always knew that she was not destined for old age. She wanted me to have somebody when she left, because...it is…

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“Hmph,” snorted Professor McGonagall. “It’s high time your grandmother learned to be proud of the grandson she’s got, rather than the one…

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“Harry lay awake for a long time, looking up at the canopy of his four-poster and trying to convince himself that his…

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“The moment when Harry takes Draco's wand... I think it really puts the elaborate, grandiose plans of Dumbledore and Voldemort in their…

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“Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position…

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“I’m on holiday in France at the moment and I didn’t know how I was going to send this to you —…

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“Draco, do it, or stand aside so one of us -" screeched the woman, but at that precise moment the door to…

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“Hang on a moment!” said Ron sharply. “We’ve forgotten someone!” “Who?” asked Hermione. “The house-elves, they’ll all be down in the kitchen,…

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“Don't you understand how Cho's feeling at the moment?" [Hermione] asked. "No," said Ron and Harry together. Hermione sighed and laid down…

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“He had never thought to ask Dumbledore about his past. No doubt it would have felt strange, impertinent even, but after all,…

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“Happiness would come, Harry thought, but at the moment it was muffled by exhaustion, and the pain of losing Fred and Lupin…

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“Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Mr. Vernon Dursley had been…

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“PERCY AND PADFOOT Harry was the first to awake in his dormitory next morning. He lay for a moment watching dust swirl…

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“Hang on a moment! said Ron sharply. We’ve forgotten someone! Who? asked Hermione. The house-elves, they’ll all be down in the kitchen,…

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“Hermione,’ said Hagrid. ‘What about her?’ said Ron. ‘She’s in a righ’ state, that’s what. She’s bin comin’ down ter visit me…

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“Then Hermione’s voice came out of the blackness for the third time, sharp and clear from a few yards away. “Harry, they’re…

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“I can not remember telling my parents that I was studying classics, they might well have found out for the first time…

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“What did you say to them?” “Told them I was Stan Shunpike. First person I could think of.” “And they believed that?”…

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“In times of old when I was new And Hogwarts barely started The founders of our noble school Thought never to be…

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“You see!" said a strained voice. Tonks was glaring at Lupin. "She still wants to marry him, even though he's been bitten!…

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“Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy,”

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“Shirley took the view that the past disintegrated if you never mentioned it.”

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“Harry et Ron furent enchantés d’entendre Hagrid qualifier Rusard de « vieille ganache ».”

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