You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough.

Authority figures always attract trouble

Well, you're expelling us aren't you?" said Ron. "Not today, Mr. Weasley." Snape looked as though Christmas had been canceled.

As Harry and Ron rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them. It was Rita Skeeter. She was wearing acid-green robes today; the Quick-Quotes Quill in her hand blended perfectly against them. "Congratulations, Harry!' she said beaming at him. "I wonder if you could give me a quick word? How you felt facing that dragon? How do you feel now about the fairness of the scoring?" "Yeah, you can have a word," said Harry savagely. "Goodbye!

Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.

She had a way of seeing the beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when that person couldn't see it in themselves.