You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!

I would be a liar if I said I don't care [about my appearance]; yes, I care. I found it very difficult, when I first became well known, to read criticism about how I look, how messy my hair was, and how generally unkempt I look. The nastiest thing ever written was written by a man, and I do remember that. I wasn't looking for it either, it was just simply in the newspaper I was reading.

You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

I really like how the sixth book is going. A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are answered. I really have a sense that we are nearly there and it is time for answers, not more questions and clues, although obviously there are a few clues as I am not quite finished yet.

It was not, after all, so easy to die.

Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.

Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.