Ministry of Magic (M.O.M) Classification. xxxxx Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate / or anything Hagrid likes

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

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

I believe that lack of empathy is behind many problems, and I believe that it's disrupting our society. In Great Britain, there is a steady decline in the willingness to be truly generous, and by that I don't mean monetary generosity, but friendship and sympathy for others.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

Wow, we're identical!