Death comes for us all in the end.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be.

Harry, I've left a letter telling your aunt and uncle not to worry--" "They won't," said Harry. "That you're safe--" "That'll just depress them." "--and you'll see them next summer." "Do I have to?

He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy.

Daddy, look — one of the gnomes actually bit me!

Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity she would have to spend without him.