It's the ability to resist failure, in many ways, or use failure that often leads to the greatest success, isn't it?

I'm not writing to make anyone's children feel safe.

I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed - or worse, expelled. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed.

You've got to appreciate what the worst is. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you're facing it.

The success of Harry Potter has given me lots of freedom. I can pay my bills, and I don't have to prove anything to anyone anymore.

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

Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff.