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.

Professor Trelawney: "Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew I was being hurled headfirst out of the room!" Harry Potter: "And you didn’t see that coming?" Professor Trelawney: "No, as I say it was pitch — ” [Glares at Harry angrily]

Power was my weakness and my temptation. And Miguel Sano is very tempting. But he is not weak. He is very, very strong.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I've got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don't want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I'd rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before 'thin'. And frankly, I'd rather they didn't give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons. Let them never be Stupid Girls.

I am very frustrated by fear of imagination, I don’t think that’s healthy.

What's most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.