Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse.

Power was my weakness and my temptation.

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

I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.

Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour. “No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!

Why had he never appreciated the miracle that he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?

Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.