There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.

I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .

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

Harry, I've left a letter telling your aunt and uncle not to worry--" "They won't," said Harry. "That you're safe--" "That'll just depress them." "--and you'll see them next summer." "Do I have to?

That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,” said Snape coolly. “Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.

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.

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.