Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?

The Forbidden Forest looked as though it had been enchanted, each tree smattered with silver, and Hagrid's cabin looked like an iced cake.

We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.

I am not trying to influence anyone into black magic. That is the very last thing I'd want to do.

You said to us once before," said Hermione quietly, "that there was time to turn back if we wanted to. We've had time, haven't we?

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans.