I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.

A giant! A giant in the forest! And we’re supposed to give him English lessons! Always assuming, of course, we can get past the herd of murderous centaurs on the way in and out! I...

you’ve got strengths if I say you’ve got them.

Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic?” said Malfoy. “And he’s supposed to be our teacher!”Harry and Ron both made furious moves toward Malfoy, but Hermione got there first – SMACK!She had slapped Malfoy...

Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby!

and lucky Harry doesn’t lose his head in a crisis — ‘there’s no wood,’ honestly.

Alors, Hermione, tu admires toujours autant Lockhart, maintenant? dit Ron à travers le rideau. Si Harry avait eu envie d’être transformé en mollusque, il l’aurait demandé.Tout le monde peut commettre des erreurs, répondit Hermione. D’ailleurs,...

For our Hogwarts is in danger from external, deadly foesAnd we must unite inside her or we’ll crumble from within

Harry dreamed he was back in the DA room. Cho was accusing him of luring her there under false pretences; she said he had promised her a hundred and fifty Chocolate Frog Cards if she...

Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?””Yes.””You called her a liar?””Yes.””You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?””Yes.””Have a biscuit, Potter.

How’re we getting to King’s Cross tomorrow, Dad?” asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding.”The Ministry’s providing a couple of cars,” said Mr. Weasley.Everyone looked up at him.”Why?” said Percy curiously.”It’s because of...

Which way did they go, Peeves?” Filch was saying. “Quick, tell me.” “Say ‘please.'” “Don’t mess with me, Peeves, now where did they go?” “Shan’t say nothing if you don’t say please,” said Peeves in...

but you, unlike me, are a git.

Hope springs forever.

If she could have died…if she could have disappeared forever…but the solid surface of things refused to dissolve around her, and her body, her hateful hermaphrodite’s body, continued in its stubborn, lumpen way, to live…

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even… knowledge, was foolproof.

I had a dream about a motorcycle,” said Harry, remembering suddenly. “It was flying.”Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turned right around in his seat and yelled at Harry, his face...

Harry… take my body back, will you? Take my body back to my parents…

There was no waking from this nightmare, no comforting whisper in the dark that he was safe really, that it was all in his imagination; the last and greatest of his protectors had died, and...

You do care, you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it all.

Play to your strengths.””I haven’t got any,” said Harry, before he could stop himself.”Excuse me,” growled Moody, “you’ve got strengths if I say you’ve got them. Think now. What are you best at?

He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.

What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.

DUMBLEDORE’S ARMY, STILL RECRUITING.

Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night.

Listeners, that brings us to the end of another Potterwatch. We don’t know when it will be possible to broadcast again, but you can be sure we shall be back. Keep twiddling those dials: the...

Don’t, Ginny, we’ll send you loads of owls.We’ll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat.George!Only joking, Mum.

Minerva, kindly go to Hagrid’s house, where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pumpkin patch. Take the dog to my office, tell him I will be with him shortly, then come...

I’m not going anywhere!” said Harry fiercely. “One of my best friends is Muggle-born; she’ll be first in line if the Chamber really has been opened…

I’ve got two neptunes here,” said Harry after a while, frowning down at his piece of parchment, “that can’t be right, can it?””Aaaaah,” said Ron, imitating Professor Trelawney’s mystical whisper, “when two neptunes appear in...

Because that’s what Hermione does,’ said Ron, shrugging. ‘When in doubt, go to the library.

Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.”After all this time?””Always,” said Snape.

Of all the trees we could’ve hit, we had to get one that hits back.

What’s that?” he snarled, staring at the envelope Harry was still clutching in his hand. “If it’s another form for me to sign, you’ve got another -“”It’s not,” said Harry cheerfully. “It’s a letter from...

Yes, my tiara sets off the whole thing nicely,” said Auntie Muriel in a rather carrying whisper. “But I must say, Ginevra’s dress is far too low-cut.”Ginny glanced round, grinning, winked at Harry, then quickly...

What would come, would come…and you would have to meet it, when it did.

Here lies Dobby, a free elf.

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless..

We’ll be there, Harry,” said Ron”What?””At your Aunt and Uncle’s house,” said Ron, “And then we’ll go with you wherever you’re going.””No-” said Harry quickly; he hadn’t counted on this, he had meant them to...

Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

Everything had shattered. The fact that it was all still there — the walls and the chairs and the children’s pictures on the walls — meant nothing. Every atom of it had been blasted apart...

Neville kicked aside the broken fragments of his own wand as they walked slowly toward the door. “My gran’s going do kill be,” said Neville thickly, blood spattering from his nose as he spoke, “dat...

Working hard is important, but there’s something that matters even more. Believing in yourself. Think of it this way: Every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than we are now. Students....

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

¡Papanatas! ¡Llorones! ¡Baratijas! ¡Pellizco!

One can never have enough socks

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn’t everything.

And it’s Johnson, Johnson with the Quaffle, what a player that girl is, I’ve been saying it for years but she still won’t go out with me —”JORDAN!’ yelled Professor McGonagall.’Just a fun fact, Professor,...

I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.