Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

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

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!

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.

Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched.

He put his foot on one pedal, scooted a few yards and swung his other leg over the saddle. He soared left into the vertiginously sloping hillside road and sped, without touching his brakes ... The hedgerows and sky blurred; he imagined himself in a velodrome as the wind whipped his hair clean...

So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.