J.K. Rowling

I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.

Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am-Luna Lovegood

If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.

I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower, Harry.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again."So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...

Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.

I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!

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.

Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!

He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy...

Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...Yes, they do that, said Dumbledore.

"Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?

What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!

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.