No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that what you will.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

But Snape always seemed to hate me so much.

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.

Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was distraught, but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking turns covering themselves with fur or boils and jumping out at her from behind statues.

I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three hours. It really depends on how fast the ideas are coming.

Some of her self-hatred had oozed out with the blood.