Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.

Yes, Severus does seem the type, doesn't he? So useful to have him swooping around like an overgrown bat.

Harry moved the tip of his eagle-feather quill down the page, frowning as he looked for something that would help him write his essay, “Witch Burning in the Fourteenth Century Was Completely Pointless — discuss.

He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.

She kept asking herself whether, if he had looked cleaner, she might have been more concerned; whether, on some subliminal level, she had confused his obvious signs of neglect with street-smartness, toughness and resilience.

I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

A lemon drop. They're a kind of Muggle sweet I'm rather fond of.