Well, hello, Peter,” said Lupin pleasantly, as though rats frequently erupted into old school friends around him. “Long time, no see.

There had been no more attacks since those on Justin and Nearly Headless Nick, and Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the Mandrakes were becoming moody and secretive, meaning that they were fast leaving childhood.

It has certainly never been news to me that a brave and brilliant man could love other men.

I won't blast people out of my way just because they're there' said Harry. 'That's Voldemort's job.

I took a wrong turn on the way to the bathroom and found myself in a beautifully proportioned room I had never seen before, containing a really rather magnificent collection of chamberpots. When I went back to investigate more closely, I discovered that the room had vanished. But I must keep an eye out for it. Possibly it is only accessible at five thirty in the morning. Or it may only appear at the quarter moon - or when the seeker has an exceptionally full bladder.

Sounded like a load of waffle to me." "There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle.

Scrimgeour: "It's time you learned some respect!" Harry: "It's time you earned it.