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.

It is not our abilities that show who we truly are, it is our choices.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

To hurt is as human as to breathe.

No confíes en cosas que tengan la capacidad de pensar pero de las cuales no sepas dónde tienen el cerebro.

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.

Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you’ve – you’ve blown up a toilet or –””Blown up a toilet? We’ve never blown up a toilet.””Great...

You — complete — arse — Ronald — Weasley!”She punctuated every word with a blow: Ron backed away, shielding his head as Hermione advanced.

Yes, they do that,” said Dumbledore.

We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

Hermione turned and beamed at Harry; her eyes, too, were full of tears.‘…then I declare you bonded for life.

But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is ‘pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated’ nearly everyday – a high compliment for any book.

Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.

The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, that they don’t work.

A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his...

El problema es que los humanos tienen el don de elegir precisamente las cosas que son peores para ellos.

Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there...

Per una mente ben organizzata la morte non é che una nuova, grande avventura

He might have been encased in a thick glass bubble, so separate did he feel from his three dining companions. It was a sensation with which he was only too familiar, that of walking in...

Oh, come and stir my cauldron,And if you do it right,I’ll boil you up some hot strong loveTo keep you warm tonight.

As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them.It was Rita Skeeter. She was wearing acid-green robes today; the...

Get up, you useless lump, get up!

Aunt Petunia burst into tears. Hestia Jones gave her an approving look that changed to outrage as Aunt Petunia ran forward and embraced Dudley rather than Harry.’S-so sweet, Dudders…’ she sobbed into his massive chest....

By attempting to kill you, Voldemort himself singled out the remarkable person who sits here in front of me, and gave him the tools for the job! It is Voldemort’s fault that you were able...

Aber glaubt mir, dass man Glück und Zuversicht selbst in Zeiten der Dunkelheit zu finden vermag. Man darf bloß nicht vergessen ein Licht leuchten zu lassen.

When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

Where is Wood?” said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn’t there.”Still in the showers,” said Fred. “We think he’s trying to drown himself.

Because I’d already done it… does that make sense?

Wild!” Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. “I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again… and again… and again…

The thing about growing up with Fred and George,” said Ginny thoughtfully, “is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into...

I expect what you’re not aware of would fill several books, Dursely.

I was terrified they would desert me the moment they found out what I was. But of course, they, like you, Hermione, wourked out the truth…And they didn´t desert me at all. Instead they did...

As Hagrid had said, what would come would come and he would have to meet it when it did.

Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very...

Merlin’s pants!

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I’ve met people who don’t want to try...

Don’t you understand how Cho’s feeling at the moment?” [Hermione] asked.”No,” said Ron and Harry together.Hermione sighed and laid down her quill.”Well, obviously, she’s feeling very sad, because of Cedric dying. Then I expect she’s...

Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure.

October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Raindrops the size of...

A thousand years or more ago,When I was newly sewn,There lived four wizards of renown,Whose name are still well-known:Bold Gryffindor from wild moor,Fair Ravlenclaw from glen,Sweet Hufflepuff from valley broad,Shrewd Slytherin from fen.They share a...

Well, I’d better get going . . . I’ll write to tell you a time I can make it back into the fire, then, shall I? If you can stand to risk it?”There was a...

All those poor elves I haven’t set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren’t enough hats!

Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother?

Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, I’ve always said and I stand by it, whenever I do do a printed encyclopedia I would like all...

That’s what yer little sister said,’ said Hagrid, nodding at Ron. Met her jus’ yesterday.’ Hagrid looked sideways at Harry, his beard twitching. ‘Said she was jus’ lookin’ round the grounds, but I reckon she...

If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love.