![Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.' I was deeply offended, because I until a year before that had also been such a mother who was at home all the time taking care of her child [...] What has lesser status and is more difficult than raising a child? And what is more important?](/assets/img/quote-photos/years-ago-someone-wrote-about-me-she-characterizes-molly-weasley-as-a-mother.jpg)
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