I’m very busy with schoolwork, of course." "How can she be?" said Ron in horror. "We’re on vacation!

Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough.

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.

In magic, man has to rely on himself. So, in religion, of course, you're looking for outside support but that's the appeal of magic.

Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched.

Well, wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?" "Girls don't often ask questions like that," said Hermione. "Well, they should!" said Harry forcefully.

Tessa was convinced that it was a lie, and also that everything she had done in her life, telling herself that it was for the best, had been no more than blind selfishness, generating confusion and mess all around. But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand to know they all were?