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

I like the distinction. It enables me to have more easygoing encounters in my private life.

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.

It’s cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily, and you so little. But know this; the ones that love us never really leave us. And you can always find them in here

It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.

Be ruthless about protecting writing days.

Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s enough, Phineas,” said Dumbledore.