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J. K. Rowling Quotes

How d’you spell ‘belligerent’?” said Ron, shaking his quill very hard while staring at his parchment. “It can’t be B — U — M —”
“No, it isn’t,” said Hermione. “And ‘augury’ doesn’t begin O — R — G either.

J. K. Rowling

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