He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going.

I am not a particularly thick-skinned person.

I don't think there's any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed.

I don't drive. No. Cars terrify me. I am really frightened of cars.

Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

Dudley thought for a moment. It looked like hard work.

The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, that they don’t work.