I just hate meetings.

You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.

Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth 'It unscrews the other way.

Hagrid looked down at his umbrella and scratched his beard. 'Shouldn'ta lost me temper,' he said ruefully, 'but it didn't work anyway. Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn't much left ter do.

No, thanks," said Harry. "The toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it— it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.