He tried to give his wife pleasure in little ways, because he had come to realize, after nearly two decades together, how often he disappointed her in the big things. It was never intentional. They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life.

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

Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.

You don’t understand — there are things worth dying for!

Mad Eye' Moody on the Avada Kedavra curse: "Not nice," he said calmly. "Not pleasant. And there's no counter curse. There's no blocking it. Only one known person has ever survived it, and he's sitting right in front of me.

There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place.

So why in the name of Merlin’s saggy left —” “Don’t talk to your mother like that.