Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage. Don’t screw it up by looking like you’re as confused as everyone else. Bad for the image.

There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.

Like “love,” “hope” is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.

I'm sure that you psychotic necro-wannabes with delusions of godhood are all about sharing with your fellow maniacs.

Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.

You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.

Hospital waits are bad ones. The fact that they happen to pretty much all of us, sooner or later, doesn't make them any less hideous.