Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.

It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.

I say there are spots that don't come off.... Spots that never come off, d'you know what I mean?

I'm very frustrated by fear of imagination. I don't think that's healthy.

I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness.

And anyway, life's too short.

I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.