It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to... - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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

"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."

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

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