Hagrid, look what I’ve got for relatives!” Harry said furiously. “Look at the Dursleys!” “An excellent point,” said Professor Dumbledore. “My own brother, Aberforth, was prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual! Of course, I’m not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery. . . .

Great, tell me when you've defeated Voldemort for me, will you?

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

Snape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

No witch has ever claimed to own the Elder Wand. Make of that what you will.

Tessa was convinced that it was a lie, and also that everything she had done in her life, telling herself that it was for the best, had been no more than blind selfishness, generating confusion and mess all around. But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand to know they all were?