Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless.

Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

The narrow path had opened up suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.

The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.