I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat.

Interesting theory. Has anyone ever tried sticking a sword in Voldemort? Maybe the Ministry should put some people onto that, instead of wasting their time stripping down Deluminators or covering up breakouts from Azkaban.

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.

I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why I went on to do a degree in French is anyone's guess.

George: "I can't see anyone trying to bump off a quidditch team." Fred: "Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got away with it.

Gringotts was the safest place in the world for something you wanted to hide — except perhaps Hogwarts.