It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

Just then Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary.

He might have crawled up into the airing cupboard and died, but I mustn't get my hopes up.

Strange how short-sighted being invisible can make you.

They may not look dangerous, but if angered [bowtruckles] will gouge out human eyes with their fingers, which, as you can see, are very sharp and not at all desirable near the eyeballs.

This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.

Their reward for enduring the awful experience was the right to tell people about it.