The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know, my fantasy of being a famous writer, and again there's a slight disconnect with reality which happens a lot with me. I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.

What happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally the whole school knows.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —

Warrington’s aim’s so pathetic I’d be more worried if he was aiming for the person next to me.

Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity she would have to spend without him.