You seem to be drowning twice," said Hermione. "Oh, am I?" said Ron peering down at his predictions. "I'd better change one of them to getting trampled by a rampaging Hippogriff.

Ron's eyebrows rose so high that they were in danger of disappearing into his hair.

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer.

Be ruthless about protecting writing days....althoug h writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it.

Sounded like a load of waffle to me." "There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle.

You have to kill a lot of trees before you write anything good.

The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.