When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

Failure is so impor - it doesn't get spoken about enough. We speak about success all the time.

Ginny came in to visit while you were unconscious", he said, after a long pause, and Harry's imagination zoomed into overdrive, rapidly constructing a scene in which Ginny, weeking over his lifeless form, confessed her feelings of deep attraction to him while Ron gave them his blessing.

Now, it is the view of the Ministry that a theoretical knowledge will be more than sufficient to get you through your examination, which, after all, is what school is all about.

A good first impression can work wonders

Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.