Aha! What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Shh! Listen! Someone’s coming! I think — I think it might be us!

You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?

I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.

I know how to use a fellytone now.

Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.

I'm dying!" Malfoy yelled, as the class panicked. "I'm dying, look at me! It's killed me!

Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.

Why would I go looking for someone I know wants to kill me?

If you made a better rat than a human, it’s not much to boast about, Peter.

Not success. Not growth. Not happiness. The cradle of your love of life … is death.

An act of kindness may take only a moment of our time, but when captured in the heart the memory lives forever.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands he is called dirty if he does he is wasting the water.

We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl along it till we die.

Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language of the survivor.

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.

It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.

How many people could embrace such disturbing imagery?

Doctrine does matter.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.