So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to...
So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you ever meet some veela when you're off doing whatever you're doing.'I think dating opportunities are going to be pre...
Queenie: (trying to cheer him up) I'll come with you. We'll go somewhere - we'll go anywhere - see I ain't never gonna find anyone like -Jacob: (bravely) There's loads like me.Queenie: No... no...ther...
Our Headmaster is taking a short break,' said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.
Offend Dobby! choked the elf. Dobby has been asked to sit down by a wizard — like an —
Of course not, said Hermione. Everything we need is here on this paper.
Odd words floated back to them over the hundreds of heads. Nobility of spirit...intellectual contribution...greatness of heart...It did not mean very much. It had little to do with Dumbledore as Harry...
Now you might think that I chose my second theme, the importance of imagination, because of the part it played in rebuilding my life, but that is not wholly so. Though I personally will defend the val...
Now if you excuse me, I have better things to do than listen to adolescent agonizing.
Merlin's pants!
MOANING MYRTLE: What did you call me? Do I moan? Am I moaning now? AM I? AM I? SCORPIUS: No, I didn’t mean . . . MOANING MYRTLE: What’s my name? SCORPIUS: Myrtle. MOANING MYRTLE: Exactly — Myrtle. Myr...
Luna didn't seem perturbed by Ron's rudeness; on the contrary, she simply watched him for a while as though he were a mildly interesting television programme.
Luck can only get you so far.
Love blinds. We have both tried to give our sons, not what they needed, but what we needed. We’ve been so busy trying to rewrite our own pasts, we’ve blighted their present.
Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame —
Life, for Colin, was one long brace against pain and disappointment, and everybody apart from his wife was an enemy until proven otherwise.
It was so good to be held. If only their relationship could be distilled into simple, wordless gestures of comfort. Why had humans ever learned to talk?
If you're not Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you, said Ron, but no pressure.Ron!Lily and Hugo laughed, but Albus and Rose looked solemn.He doesn't mean it, said Hermione and Ginny, but Ron was no longer...
If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill.If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.
I love magic!