Luck can only get you so far.

Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.

Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely.

It's just hard," Harry said finally, in a low voice, "to realize he won't write me again

Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.

Our Headmaster is taking a short break," said Professor McGonagall, pointing at the Snape-shaped hole in the window.

What's interesting about the wizarding world is when you take physical strength out of the equation, a woman can do magic just as powerfully as a man can do magic. A woman can fight just the same as a man.