Harry had the impression that even the barman was listening in. He was wiping the same glass with the filthy rag; it was becoming steadily dirtier.

If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!

If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders. That’d lead ‘em right! That’s all I’m sayin’.

Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because they've just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball!

Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else.

The idea of Dumbledore's corpse frightened Harry much less than the possibility that he might have misunderstood the living Dumbledore's intentions.

A good first impression can work wonders