Minerva, kindly go to Hagrid's house, where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pumpkin patch. Take the dog to my office, tell him I will be with him shortly, then come back here.

Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?

Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower, Harry.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree.

There you go, Harry!” Ron shouted over the noise. “You weren’t being thick after all — you were showing moral fiber!

I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry.

Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.

it's easy to be forgetful when you're grieving, even forget those things that you believe most people wouldn't.

Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk.

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

If we don't get reform in campaign financing, then we can write this country off.

The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues.

Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect

I have a day job that's very odd. Most people, by the time they're 25, glom onto one kind of music and that's what they listen to for the rest of their lives.

We human beings are born in ego, live in ego, are brought up in ego and will die in ego. We need a certain degree 0f vision when we live in this world for achieving and attaining our goals in life.

I feel much more respected in Europe than I do in the States from the press and from the people. Americans expect me to win every match I play.

When you're ambitious, it's really hard to be supportive of other people. But it's our job to try, even though one gets jealous.