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- Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
- Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
- Oh please," said Zacharias Smith, rolling his eyes and folding his arms. "I don't think Expelliarmus is exactly going to help us against You-Know-Who, do…
- 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…
- No, it was honest," said Harry. "One of the only honest things you've said to me. You don't care whether I live or die, but…
- As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them.…
- I was thinking the first thing we should do is Expelliarmus, you know, the Disarming Charm. I know it's pretty basic but I've found it…
- Ron and Hermione were still smirking and Harry felt his temper rise; he wasn’t even sure why he was feeling so angry. “Don’t sit there…
- And I must draft an advertisement for the Daily Prophet, too,' he added thoughtfully. 'We'll be needing a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher....…
- And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. They…
- He was going to be armed with his wand - which, just now, felt like nothing more than a narrow strip of wood - against…
- Oh, come off it,” said Ron, striding over to her and whipping her results out of her hand. “Yep— ten ‘Outstandings’ and one ‘Exceeds Expectations’…
- Life, for Colin, was one long brace against pain and disappointment, and everybody apart from his wife was an enemy until proven otherwise.
- Why was she always so craven, so apologetic? He had always seen Ruth as separate, good and untainted. As a child, his parents had appeared…
- Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and…
- He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night…
- Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.
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