However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been t

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds, and neither of whom had been to college - took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

Author: J. K. Rowling

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