Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike..

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends..

Ah well... wand still in your jeans? Both buttocks still on? Okay, let’s go..

P.S. I enjoy acid pops..

Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance..

That," said Harry, "is a really good question..

THIRTY–ZERO! TAKE THAT, YOU DIRTY, CHEATING —” “Jordan, if you can’t commentate in an unbiased way — !” “I’m telling it like it is, Professor!.

Contemplating the task ahead would not make it easier or the water warmer..

Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity ….

We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien..

I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding. If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones... the only thing that's got bigger bones than her….

Failure is so impor - it doesn't get spoken about enough. We speak about success all the time..

I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud ….

Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.' I was deeply offend….

I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When my life hit rock bottom, t….

Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear of infecting o….

We let off a Dungbomb in the corridor and it upset him for some reason—" "So he hauled us off to his office and started threatening us with the usual….

A good first impression can work wonders.

Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Har….

Harry felt winded, as though he had just walked into something heavy. He had last seen those cool gray eyes through slits in a Death Eater’s hood, an….

So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I'v….