Bill, don’t look at me — I’m ’ideous.

He gave everything to everybody. Except to me.

You are — truly your father’s son, Harry. . . .

I bet you’re not dangerous at all, are you? Are you, you great ugly brute?

Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's.

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer.

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.