Nasty temper he's got, that Sirius Black.

Vot is the point of being an international Quidditch player if all the good-looking girls are taken?

That," said Harry, "is a really good question.

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

Ah" said Dumbledore gently, "Yes I thought we might hit that little snag!" "Snag?" said Fudge, his voice still vibrating with joy. "I see no snag, Dumbledore!" "Well," said Dumbledore apologetically, "I'm afraid I do." "Oh, really?" "Well it's just that you seem to be labouring under the delusion that I am going to -- come quietly. I am afraid I am not going to come quietly at all, Cornelius. I have absolutely no intention of being sent to Azkaban. I could break out, of course -- but what a waste of time, and frankly, I can think of a whole host of things I would rather be doing.