There you go, Harry!” Ron shouted over the noise. “You weren’t being thick after all — you were showing moral fiber!

I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.

That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work... It would be more useful than divination, anyway.

You fail by default when you live so cautiously you never fail.

Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was distraught, but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues.