I'll give you the epigraph for chapter one:
'Why did you let your eyes so rest on me,
And hold your breath between?
In all the ages this can never be
As if it had not been.'
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
A Moment
‘Trans people exist. I have no desire for them not to exist; indeed, I wish them safety, happiness and health. However, 'existence' does not, and should not, mean the violation of other people's right to privacy, dignity and freedom of speech, or the reconfiguration of society to indulge a fallacy.’
J.K. Rowling on Twitter/X.
It's exciting to see the amount of detail we'll have in the Harry Potter TV series.
We will see on TV screens everything as J.K. Rowling imagined and wrote in the books.
You know you’ve been a Harry Potter/J.K. Rowling fan for a long time when you’ve been called a heretic by both evangelicals who thought these books were from Satan, and by gender-loons who think only men in dresses have rights. The Wizarding World proving the horseshoe theory.
“Albus Dumbledore, currently Headmaster of Hogwarts. Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Professor Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945,
for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.”
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
‘And my name’s Malfoy, Draco Malfoy.’
Ron gave a slight cough, which might have been hiding a snigger. Draco Malfoy looked at him.
‘Think my name’s funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles and more children than they can afford.’
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
“For those opposed to cancelling people for their sincerely held beliefs, it ought to be cheering to know that the Potter-industrial complex has found itself seemingly immune to the bullying faced by the author. Rowling can lay claim to having won the culture wars.”
Liam Kelly in the Telegraph.
If only the unhinged trolls realized how much money I spent supporting JKR this month alone, their sweaty balls would drop from their tucks. Just pre-ordered the last of the Audible editions. Can’t wait to listen to this!
“Once, Aunt Petunia, tired of Harry coming back from the barbers looking as though he hadn't been at all, had taken a pair of kitchen scissors and cut his hair so short he was almost bald except for his bangs, which she left "to hide that horrible scar".”
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone