Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else.
Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.
But they were not living, thought Harry: They were gone. The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents' moldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing. And tears c...
But the thing that was lowering Harry’s spirits most of all was the prospect of returning to the Dursleys. For maybe half an hour, a glorious half hour, he had believed he would be living with Sirius...
But that's - I'm sorry, but that's completely ridiculous! How can I prove it doesn't exist? Do you expect me to get hold of - of all the pebbles in the world and test them? I mean, you could claim th...
But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.Really?It did for me, said Harry.He had never told any of his children that...
But Colin's only understanding of love was of limitless loyalty, boundless tolerance:
Blimey, said the other twin. Are you — ?He is, said the first twin. Aren’t you? he added to Harry. What? said Harry. Harry Potter, chorused the twins. Oh, him, said Harry. I mean, yes, I am.
Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library.
Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?' said Zacharias Smith. 'Here's an idea,' said Ron loudly, 'why don't you shut your mouth?' 'Well, we've all turned up to learn from him, a...
And what will you give me in return, Severus?’ ‘In – in return?’ Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, ‘Anything...
And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
And do I look like the kind of man that can be intimidated? barked Uncle Vernon.Well... said Moody, pushing back his bowler hat to reveal his sinisterly revolving eye. Uncle Vernon lept backward in ho...
All was well.
According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.
A Wrackspurt . . . They’re invisible. They float in through your ears and make your brain go fuzzy, she said. I thought I felt one zooming around in here.
Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visibl...
Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go.
You don’t want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out, said Fred, also beaming. There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn’t hear you.
You can try, but you seem cleverer than Fudge, so I'd have thought you'd have learned from his mistakes. He tried intervening at Hogwarts. You might have noticed he's not Minister anymore, but Dumbled...