I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

I’m not a freak. That’s a horrible thing to say." "That’s where you’re going. A special school for freaks. You and that Snape boy ... weirdos, that’s what you two are..." "You didn’t think it was such a freak’s school when you wrote the headmaster and begged him to take you.

Well — I was lucky once, wasn't I?” said Harry, pointing at his scar. “I might get lucky again.

Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.

Don't count your owls before they are delivered.

We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks.

Next time there’s a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!