The point is, if we find out you’ve been horrible to Harry —— and make no mistake, we’ll hear about it.even if you won’t let Harry use the fellytone —

The last time that I consciously wrote anything to 'save the honor of the Left', as I rather pompously put it, was my little book on the crookedness and cowardice and corruption (to put it no higher)...

The Oracle rose. As one, the three witches bowed.See? Bran jerked his thumb at the three women. That's how a woman should treat a man. Next time you see me, I want you to do just like them.

That's when I wanted to cut. I cut to quiet the cacophony. I cut to end this abstracted agony, to reel my selves back to one present and physical whole, whose blood was the proof of her tangibility.

Su corazón, como la gente que no puede soportar más que una cierta dosis de música, se adormecía de indiferencia en el estrépito de un amor cuyas delicadezas ya no distinguía.

Stupid. Stupid. Foaly, we are both imbeciles. I don't expect lateral thinking from the LEP, but from you...... What is it? [Holly] asked, afraid of the answer, which must surely be terrible.Yeah, agre...

Soft power is quiet persistence.

So may the New Year be a happy one to you, happy to many more whose happiness depends on you!

Sherry was so much relieved to find that Hero had no wish to keep her unfortunate protege permanently in the spare bedroom that he agreed to this plan, even go so far as to hand over, upon demand, a b...

She knew only too well that the song was a beautiful lie. As soon as kitsch is recognized for the lie it is, it moves into the context of non-kitsch, thus losing its authoritarian power and becoming a...

Seventeen, eh! said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred.Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?Vaguely, said Harry, grinning up at him. Didn’t you smash down th...

Servers moved among the guests with trays of hors d'oeuvres and the signature cocktail, champagne with a honey infused liqueur and a delicate spiral twist of lemon.The banquet was bursting with color...

Reformed rakes often make the best husbands.

Ranger is an unusual name, she managed. Is it a nickname?It's a street name, Ranger said. I was a Ranger in the army.I heard about them Rangers on TV, Grandma said. I heard they get dogs pregnant.My f...

People who don’t like conflict have an amazing ability to avoid it, even when they know it’s theoretically necessary

Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces nice people, not heroes...

One school is finished, and the time has come for another to begin.

One could argue that it's romantic to die for love. Of course, then you're dead and unable to take that honeymoon trip to the Alps with all the other fashionable young couples, which is a shame.

Oh dear gods. I think my underwear just fell off. Nicole, Tina hissed. Keep your comments to yourself! Be a respectable fucking lady, for fuck’s sake!

Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.