Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him.

Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse.

Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading and you'll go through a phase where you will imitate your favorite writers and that's fine because that's a learning experience too.

Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down.

The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.

Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.