Hand over the prophecy and no one need get hurt," said Malfoy coolly. It was Harry's turn to laugh. "Yeah, right!" he said. "I will give you this - prophecy, is it? And you'll just let us skip off home, will you?

You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding. If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones... the only thing that's got bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.

Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.