Pagford, which by night was no more than a cluster of twinkling lights in a dark hollow far below, was emerging into chilly sunlight.

Authority figures always attract trouble

In many, many ways... Hufflepuff is my favorite house.

Failure, failure is so important, it doesn’t get spoken about enough, we speak about success all the time.

You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!" "What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?

... you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!

The dedication of this book is split seven ways: to Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.