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

Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?

Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.

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

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

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

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

Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree.

There you go, Harry!” Ron shouted over the noise. “You weren’t being thick after all — you were showing moral fiber!

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

Oh you is a bad elf, Dobby!

I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry.

Silence can always be broken by the sound
Of footsteps walking over frozen groundIn winter when the melancholy treesStand abject and let their branches freeze

In Egypt, the cats...afford evidence that animal nature is not altogether intractable, but that when well-treated they are good at remembering kindness.

There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell.

I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger: A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident.

One of the most surprising things in life is the sudden realization that one has become old

I'd hate to be a giraffe with a sore throat.

You will survive if you believe in yourself.

The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits.

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction.