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"Hermione is so very annoying in the early part of Philosopher's Stone that I really felt it needed something (literally) huge to bring her together with Harry and Ron."
1. Rowling, J.K. "Section:Extra Stuff — Hermione Granger". J.K. Rowling Official Site. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
She is an overachiever who excels academically, and is described by Rowling as a "very logical, upright and good" character.
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Rowling mentioned that Dumbledore regrets "that he has always had to be the one who knew, and who had the burden of knowing. And he would rather not know."
1. Fry, Stephen (interviewer) (10 December 2005). "Living with Harry Potter". BBC Radio4. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
She has explained the source of his name as "another old English word, meaning – if you were hagrid – it’s a dialect word – you’d had a bad night. Hagrid is a big drinker – he has a lot of bad nights."
1. "WBUR radio interview, 12 October 1999". Accio Quote!. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
She has explained the source of his name as "another old English word, meaning – if you were hagrid – it’s a dialect word – you’d had a bad night. Hagrid is a big drinker – he has a lot of bad nights."
1. "WBUR radio interview, 12 October 1999". Accio Quote!. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
"the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years".
1. "J.K. Rowling on The Diane Rehm Show". WAMU Radio Washington, D.C. 20 October 1999. Retrieved 15 August 2007. of a businessman on a plane trying vainly to hide Harry Potter and the