Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives.

Enjoying it? I don’t reckon he’d come home if Dad didn’t make him. He’s obsessed. Just don’t get him on the subject of his boss. According to Mr. Crouch…as I was saying to Mr. Crouch… Mr. Crouch is of the opinion… Mr. Crouch was telling me… They’ll be announcing their engagement any day now.

You see what you expect to see, Severus.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

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!

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don't think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength