It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar - a cat reading a map.

Merlin’s beard, what is Xenophilius Lovegood wearing? He looks like an omelet.

Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry.

This group had a kind of dark glamour within the castle. They were a motley collection; a mixture of the weak seeking protection, the ambitious seeking some shared glory, and the thuggish gravitating toward a leader who could show them more refined forms of cruelty.

This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it.

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

You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?