Which "One liners" do you think most beg for an explanation ?

[Someone]

No: HPFGUIDX 131352

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Someone" 
> <someoneofsomeplace at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > John:
> > This is an intriguing idea; however JKR has confirmed that 
Petunia 
> > is indeed only a muggle, albeit one with a little more to her 
than 
> > immediately "meets the eye."
> > 
> > "Is Aunt Petunia a Squib?"
> > 
> > JKR responded:
> > 
> > "Good question. No, she is not, but – [Laughter]. No, she is not 
a 
> > Squib. She is a Muggle, but – [Laughter]. You will have to read 
> the other books. You might have got the impression that there is a 
> > little bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye, and you will 
> > find out what it is. She is not a Squib, although that is a very 
> > good guess. Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being 
shockingly 
> > indiscreet."
> 
> 
> Tonks:
> Well now JKR says that the Squib guess is a good one, but not 
> correct. And that Petunia is a Muggle. That doesn't mean that 
> Petunia didn't give up the possibility of being a witch at some 
> point to continue to live as a Muggle. I have wondered about that 
> myself. She might have given it up for Vernon, without his knowing 
> it. Or as the previous poster said decided against it when she got 
> the letter. So I don't think that this inteview disproves this 
> theory.
> 

John:
Well I suppose it depends on what you mean by the term `muggle'. 
I've always taken it for granted that any person with the magical 
gene is a `wizard' or `witch', regardless of whether they choose to 
exercise that potential. Lawyers and doctors and chartered 
accountants become so only after professional training; wizards or 
witches are born. Recall that Hagrid told Harry that he was "a 
wizard" before the boy had even accepted his Hogwarts letter of 
offer.

Therefore, IMO, you can't "give up the possibility of being a witch 
[or wizard]." It doesn't seem to be a matter of choice. Nor, as the 
Dursleys, much to their chagrin, found out, can one's wizard-ness be 
stamped or beaten out. It would seem that even an untrained witch or 
wizard would continue (unintentionally) to do remarkable, distinctly 
un-muggle-like things, such as growing all of their hair back 
overnight or bouncing harmlessly along the pavement when dropped 
from a second story window. Petunia may have willfully forfeited her 
place at Hogwarts; she may have chosen to remain an untrained witch; 
but in that case she would still be a 'witch', after all, and not a 
muggle.

That's the way I've always seen it (until now).

John.