I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave you that scar.

There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

Harry, you wonderful boy, you brave, brave man.

The hippogriff took off into the air. . . . He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them . . . then a cloud drifted across the moon. . . . They were gone.

I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book.

words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.

Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment.