Oh, there you are, Albus,' he said. 'You've been a very long time. Upset stomach?' 'No, I was merely reading the Muggle magazines,' said Dumbledore. 'I do love knitting patterns.

If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!

Everyone wanted my emotions to be very simple. They wanted me to say, "I was poor and I was unhappy, and now I've got money and I'm really happy."

It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.

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

I'm not putting them on,” said old Archie in indignation. “I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks.