Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grun... - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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

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

"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..."

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