If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.

Don't be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! Rejoice, for You-Know-Who is gone at last! Even muggles like yourself should be celebrating this happy, happy day.

You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

That wand’s more trouble than it’s worth,” said Harry. “And quite honestly,” he turned away from the painted portraits, thinking now only of the four-poster bed lying waiting for him in Gryffindor Tower, and wondering whether Kreacher might bring him a sandwich there, “I’ve had enough trouble for a lifetime.

No, Harry, you listen," said Hermione. "We're coming with you. That was decided months ago - years, really.

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