Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it.

The Prophet is bound to report the truth occasionally," said Dumbledore, "if only accidentally.

Gryffindor leads by eighty points to zero, and look at that Firebolt go! Potter’s really putting it through its paces now, see it turn — Chang’s Comet is just no match for it, the Firebolt’s precision-balance is really noticeable in these long —” “JORDAN! ARE YOU BEING PAID TO ADVERTISE FIREBOLTS? GET ON WITH THE COMMENTARY!

I just hate meetings.

I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.