Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore.

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!

Intelligence is worthless without common sense.

If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning.

Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better.

I have always been an optimist, perhaps even too much.

My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.

The camera is the eye of history.

Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy

I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.

Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe: Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law!