“The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches … born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies … and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not … and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives … the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies …” Neither can live while the other survies
![JKR: Because it’s such a well-worn part of my story now. It’s a big yawn to hear how I wrote it, as though it was all some sort of publicity stunt I did for a year. But it was my life, and it was very hard. And I didn’t know that it was going to be this fairy-tale resolution. [x]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj3b05xfvN1qb0zfoo1_500.gif)
JKR: Because it’s such a well-worn part of my story now. It’s a big yawn to hear how I wrote it, as though it was all some sort of publicity stunt I did for a year. But it was my life, and it was very hard. And I didn’t know that it was going to be this fairy-tale resolution. [x]
