Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.

Yeah,' said Ron. 'Could've been worse. Remember those birds she set on me?' 'I still haven't ruled it out,' came Hermione's muffled voice from beneath her blankets, but Harry saw Ron smiling slightly as he pulled his maroon pajamas out of his rucksack.

Voldemort’s fury at the fall of his last, best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb.

What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. “It’d take all the fun out of life.

It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them.

Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you experience it.

The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.