Ron gave a tiny jerk of the head that Harry understood to mean, Well - if you must.

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.

Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!

When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.

Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .

I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .

From this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of memory into thickets of wildest guesswork.

Draco Malfoy is a bad boy!" squeaked Dobby angrily.

Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!

You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!

The phone collapsed distances, just as the radio did, and, like the radio, it relied on the miracle of imagination: one had to concentrate deeply, plunge headlong into it.

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is.

Learning professionals need to be thinking about creating learning experiences rather than learning content

…and there, in the background, the sky’s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words ‘I am’ dissolved into blue peace. He said it. ‘The ocean.

So many old and lovely things are stored in the world's attic because we don't want them around us and we don't dare throw them out.

Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.

There is no use of simply acquiring titles or amassing wealth if one has no self-respect and scientific knowledge.

As I like to say, take the shot, even if your knees are shaking.