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J.K. Rowling
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June 17 - June 25, 2017
“He’s a wizard.” “An Animagus,” said Black, “by the name of Peter Pettigrew.”
the Ministry never knew that there used to be three unregistered Animagi running around Hogwarts.”
“They couldn’t keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as animals,” said Lupin. “A werewolf is only a danger to people.
Under their influence, I became less dangerous. My body was still wolfish, but my mind seemed to become less so while I was with them.”
It would have meant admitting that I’d betrayed his trust while I was at school, admitting that I’d led others along with me . . . and Dumbledore’s trust has meant everything to me.
He especially disliked James. Jealous, I think, of James’s talent on the Quidditch field
“So that’s why Snape doesn’t like you,” said Harry slowly, “because he thought you were in on the joke?” “That’s right,”
“Give me a reason,” he whispered. “Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will.”
Peter betrayed your mother and father — Sirius tracked Peter down
Voldemort went to the Potters’ on your information . . . and Voldemort met his downfall there.
It must have been the finest moment of your miserable life, telling Voldemort you could hand him the Potters.”
you never did anything for anyone unless you could see what was in it for you.
And at long last, Harry believed him. Throat too tight to speak, he nodded.
He seemed to have taken Scabbers’s true identity as a personal insult.
“Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?”
Personally, I try and treat him like any other student.
without Pettigrew, alive or dead, we have no chance of overturning Sirius’s sentence.” “But you believe us.” “Yes, I do,”
if Buckbeak has indeed been stolen, do you really think the thief will have led him away on foot?” said Dumbledore, still sounding amused.
he understood. He hadn’t seen his father — he had seen himself —
You conjured up a Patronus that drove away all those dementors! That’s very, very advanced magic. . .
“You are — truly your father’s son, Harry.
“Fellow seems quite unbalanced,” said Fudge, staring after him. “I’d watch out for him if I were you, Dumbledore.” “Oh, he’s not unbalanced,” said Dumbledore quietly. “He’s just suffered a severe disappointment.”
“It made all the difference in the world, Harry. You helped uncover the truth. You saved an innocent man from a terrible fate.”
The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.
You did a very noble thing, in saving Pettigrew’s life.”
“Pettigrew owes his life to you. You have sent Voldemort a deputy who is in your debt. When one wizard saves another wizard’s life, it creates a certain bond between them
the time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew’s life.”
“You think the dead we have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?
Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him.
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you did see your father last night, Harry. . . . You found him inside yourself.”
I, Sirius Black, Harry Potter’s godfather, hereby give him permission to visit Hogsmeade on weekends.
he held him out for Crookshanks to sniff. “What d’you reckon?” Ron asked the cat. “Definitely an owl?” Crookshanks purred. “That’s good enough for me,” said Ron happily. “He’s mine.”
