Professor Trelawney: "Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew I was being hurled headfirst out of the room!" Harry Potter: "And you didn’t see that coming?" Professor Trelawney: "No, as I say it was pitch — ” [Glares at Harry angrily]

I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry.

The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter... or at least, most minds are.

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

Hagrid. You live in a wooden house!

Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it?

That," said Harry, "is a really good question.