Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself.

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.

You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . ." He shook his head. "You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.

Do I look stupid?" snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache.

Ron: Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies?

Of all the trees we could've hit, we had to get one that hits back.

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

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

A few will say no, but many will say yes…remember that every No will get you closer to the many yeses as long as you have a system that works for you.

She ran the harder and zagged more erratically, and in the wreckage left from the hurricane the girl misjudged her path and ran straight into the old well. She didn’t even scream.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

Use life to provide something that outlasts it.

You can spend your time Dreaming about Living or Living your Dream

Presence is more than just being there.

Television is teaching all the time. Does more educating than the schools and all the institutions of higher learning.

If you look up at the Milky Way through the eyes of Carl Sagan, you get a feeling in your chest of something greater than yourself. And it is. But it's not supernatural.

Heaven? That has no hold over me.

The trouble with never is never, never works.