Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.

They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat. "Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper. "Make Harry get it." "Get the mail, Harry." "Make Dudley get it." "Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley.

If you are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer.

You see what you expect to see, Severus.

Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.

Makes a diff'rence, havin' a decent family,' he said. 'Me dad was decent. An' your mum an' dad were decent. If they'd lived, life woulda bin diff'rent, eh?' 'Yeah, I s'pose,' said Harry cautiously. Hagrid seemed to be in a very strange mood. 'Family,' said Hagrid gloomily. 'Whatever yeh say, blood's important.

Three turns should do it.