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LILY EVANS   —    ❝ less substantial than      living  bodies, but much more than ghosts, they moved toward him. and on each face, there was the same loving smile ...      lily's  smile was      widest  of all. she pushed her long hair back as she drew closer to him, and her green eyes, so like his, searched his face      hungrily,  as though she would never be able      to  look at him enough. ❞

  ❛ facing this      stuff  in real life is not like school. in school, if you make a mistake, you can just try again tomorrow. but out      there,  when you’re a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes, you don’t      know  what that’s like. ❜

"tentacula.      devil's snare.  and snargaluff pods … yes, i'd      like  to see the death eaters fighting those."

❛ you all know, of course, that      hogwarts  was founded over a thousand years ago — the precise date is uncertain — by the four greatest witches and wizards of the      age.  they built this      castle  together, far from prying muggle eyes, for it was an age when magic was feared by common people, and witches and wizards      suffered  much persecution. ❜

as she moved      forward  into the room, mrs. tonks's      resemblance  to her sister bellatrix became much less pronounced: her      hair  was a      light, soft brown and her eyes were      wider  and kinder.

     “would you like us to clean out your ears for you?” inquired      george,  pulling a long and lethal-looking metal instrument from inside one of the zonko’s bags.      “or any part of your body, really. we’re not fussy where we stick this,” said      fred.

   you’re      only  a victim of the      rules  you live by.