This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am.

Lord Voldermort Has Risen Again.

Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly, "did you know that Lucius Malfoy recognized you last time you risked a little jaunt outside? Clever idea, Black, getting yourself seen on a safe station platform. Gave you a cast-iron excuse not to leave your hidey-hole in future, didn't it?

Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment.

She navigated away from the Parish Council message board and dropped into her favorite medical website, where she painstakingly entered the words "brain" and "death" in the search box. The suggestions were endless. Shirley scrolled through the possibilities, her mild eyes rolling up and down, wondering to which of these deadly conditions, some of them unpronounceable, she owed her present happiness.