Give her hell from us, Peeves.And Peeves, whom Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to t...
Can't stay long, Mother, he said. I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-Oh, are you a prefect, Percy? said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. You should have...
Wow, we're identical!
Harry constantly repeated Dumbledore's final words to himself. I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. ... Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it...
Dumbledore paused, and although his voice remained light and calm, and he gave no obvious sign of anger, Harry felt a kind of chill emanating from him and noticed that the Dursleys drew very slightly...
I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons, said Luna, sounding mildly interested. That was noisier than I thought it would be.
And anyway, it’s not as though I’ll never see Mum again, is it?
Well, he said, trying to sound as though he found the whole thing a joke, if you want to -- er -- what is it? (He checked Percy's letter.) Oh yeah -- 'sever ties' with me, I swear I won't get violent....
Professor Moody! said a shocked voice.Professor McGonagall was coming down the marble staircase with her arms full of books.Hello, Professor McGonagall, said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still hi...
Tiny little bloke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser if he annoyed me. Used ter make him laugh...
Even You-Know-Who can't split himself into seven.
Did you like question ten, Moony? asked Sirius as they emerged into the entrance hall.Loved it, said Lupin briskly. Give five signs that identify the werewolf. Excellent question.D'you think you manag...
Children being children, however, the grotesque Hopping Pot had taken hold of their imaginations. The solution was to jettison the pro-Muggle moral but keep the warty cauldron, so by the middle of the...
You're joking, Perce! You are actually joking, Percy... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were-
Hermione, if Harry’s seen a Grim, that’s — that’s bad, he said.My — my uncle Bilius saw one and — and he died twenty-four hours later!Coincidence, said Hermione airily, pouring herself some pumpkin ju...
I suspect Nargles are behind it.
Just — just to be clear, he said. You want to leave Tonks at her parents’ house and come away with us?She’ll be perfectly safe there, they’ll look after her, said Lupin. He spoke with a finality borde...
Harry, guess what? said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.
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 idea though, thanks, Mum.
Albus hugs his friend. With fierceness. They hold for a beat. Scorpius is surprised by this. Okay. Hello. Um. Have we hugged before? Do we hug?.The two boys dislocate.