J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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

"It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies."

"She should've interviewed Snape,"said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Potter has been crossing lines ever since he first arrived at this school..."

"I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I was alive."

"Don't talk to me.""Why not?""Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret..."

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

"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."

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

"What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did."

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

"Mad Eye' Moody on the Avada Kedavra curse: "Not nice,"he said calmly. "Not pleasant. And there's no counter curse. There's no blocking it. Only one known person has ever survived it, and he's sitting right in front of me."

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

"What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did."

"I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with."

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

"Percy wouldn't notice a joke if it danced naked in front of him wearing one of Dobby's hats."

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"Wild!"Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again... and again... and again..."