Don't be stupid, it's a flying house!

Angelina, Alicia, and Katie suddenly giggled. "What?" said Wood, frowning at this lighthearted behavior. "He's that tall, good-looking one, isn't he?" said Angelina. "Strong and silent," said Katie, and they started to giggle again. "He's only silent because he's too thick to string two words together," said Fred impatiently.

He’ll accept anyone at Hogwarts, s’long as they’ve got the talent. Knows people can turn out okay even if their families weren’ . . .well . . . all tha’ respectable.

The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.

I think that I've had a very strange life.

Luck can only get you so far.

Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything.