My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities..... - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."

"Well, we were always going to fail that one,"said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather better by telling him how he told the examiner in detail about the ugly man with a wart on his nose in the crystal ball, only to look up and realize he had been describing the examiner's reflection."

"Hello, Harry"said George, beaming at him. "We thought we heard your dulcet tones.""You don't want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out,"said Fred, also beaming. "There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn't hear you."

"Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."

"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure."