I was a fool!" Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph. "I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -" "Ministry-loving, family-disowning, power-hungry moron," said Fred. Percy swallowed. "Yes, I was!" "Well, you can't say fairer than that," said Fred, holding out his hand to Percy.

I like a quiet life, you know me.

Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.

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

Hermione turned and beamed at Harry; her eyes, too, were full of tears. ‘…then I declare you bonded for life.

She seemed to think that one of the perks of marriage was that it gave you rights of comment and intrusion over single people's love lives.

I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick.