Hope springs forever.

It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .

I really don't believe in magic.

Ron's eyebrows rose so high that they were in danger of disappearing into his hair.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

but the idea of the Dark Lord in possesion of the Deathstick is, I must admit, formidable.

I sat and thought for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didn't know he was a wizard became more and more real to me.