Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it?

When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

No man or woman alive, magical or not, has ever escaped some form of injury, whether physical, mental, or emotional. To hurt is as human as to breathe.

Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.

And that boys," yelled Mr. Weasley over the tumult of the crowd below,"is why you should never go for looks alone!

A gigantic tortoise with a jewel-encrusted shell was glittering near the window.

Celebrity is as celebrity does.