I don’t mean to be rude—” he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable.”Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often,” Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely.

Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me.

Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.

IF WE DIE FOR THEM, I’LL KILL YOU, HARRY!

He must have known I’d want to leave you.””No, he must have known you would always want to come back.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I was alive.

I do believe something magical can happen when you read a good book

No – no – no!” someone was shouting. “No! Fred! No!”And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred’s eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still...

There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.

Aaah … when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry…

Do I have to?

Well, on your own head be it!”The great black dog gave a joyful bark and gamboled around them, snapping at pigeons, and chasing its own tail. Harry couldn’t help laughing. Sirius had been trapped inside...

She navigated away from the Parish Council message board and dropped into her favorite medical website, where she painstakingly entered the words “brain” and “death” in the search box.The suggestions were endless. Shirley scrolled through...

That’s right.

Yeah, well, passing over Fred’s left buttock —””I beg your pardon?” said Fred’s voice as the twins entered the kitchen.

Maybe he murdered Myrtle; that would’ve done everyone a favor. . . .

Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: Believing in yourself.

Son ingeniosas de verdad, las cosas que inventan los muggles para arreglárselas sin magia.

Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!

The Death Eaters can’t all be pure-blood, there aren’t enough pure-blood wizards left,” said Hermione stubbornly. “I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It’s only Muggle-borns they hate, they’d be quite...

Do I look stupid?” snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache.

Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two...

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Is he — a bit mad?” he asked Percy uncertainly.”Mad?” said Percy airily. “He’s a genius! Best wizard in the world! But he is a bit mad, yes. Potatoes, Harry?

But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

Bisogna chiamare le cose con il loro nome, la paura del nome non fa altro che aumentare la paura della cosa stessa

Depression isn’t just being a bit sad. It’s feeling nothing. It’s not wanting to be alive anymore.

Don’t let it worry you,” said Ron. “It’s me. I’m extremely famous.

And so, rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt by life.

As for the fact that Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle apeared to be going their different ways when they were usually inseparable, these things happened as people got older–Ron and Hermione, Harry reflected sadly, were living...

It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

Directly above them, framed in the doorway from the Brain Room, stood Albus Dumbledore, his wand aloft, his face white and furious. Harry felt a kind of electric charge surge through every particle of his...

First sign of madness, talking to your own head.

Swish and flick.

Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well – if you must.

Which only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,’ Dumbledore went on, smiling.

Such lies, Lucius . . .

Fred and George exchanged looks.”You don’t mind if we don’t kiss you, do you, Ron?” said Fred in a falsely anxious voice. “We could curtsy, if you like,” said George. “Oh, shut up,” said Ron,...

Wenn wir träumen, betreten wir eine Welt, die ganz und gar uns gehört.

What do I care how ‘e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!

For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If...

Yeah, but the lost diadem,” said Michael Corner, rolling his eyes, “is lost, Luna. That’s sort of the point.

How in the name of Merlin’s pants have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books?

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore.”Avada Kedavra!

Only one thing mattered: this was not a Horcrux. Dumbledore had weakened himself by drinking that horrible potion for nothing. Harry crumpled the parchment in his hand and his eyes burned with tears as behind...

I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!

Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.

Fer medicinal purposes?”She could have summoned it by magic, but as she hurried back toward the crooked house, Harry knew that she wanted to hide her face.