J.K. Rowling

I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters," - Harry Potter

NO!__he scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound.

The Chamber Of Secrets had been opened.Enemies of the heir, beware.

Yes, Harry Potter!_ said Dobby at once, his great eyes shining with excitement. __nd if Dobby does it wrong, Dobby will throw himself off the topmost tower, Harry Potter!___here won__ be any need for that,_ said Harry hastily.

With another shock of excitement, Harry saw Sirius give James the thumbs-up.Sirius was lounging in his chair at his ease, tilting it back on two legs. He was very good-looking, his dark hair fell into his eyes with a sort of casual elegance neither James's nor Harry's could ever have achieved, and a girl sitting behind him was eyeing him hopefully, though he didn't seem to have noticed.

Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment.

Okay," said Harry, staring at it, "Pear Drop. Er _ Licorice Wand. Fizzing Whizbee. Drooble's Best Blowing Gum. Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans_ oh no, he doesn't like them, does he?_ oh just open, can't you?" He said angrily. "I really need to see him, it's urgent!" The gargoyle remained immovable. Harry kicked it, achieving nothing but an excruciating pain in his big toe. "Chocolate frog!" he yelled angrily, standing on one leg. "Sugar Quill! Cockroach Cluster! The gargoyle sprang to life and jumped aside. Harry blinked.

There is no point in apportioning blame. What is done, is done.

And again Harry understood without having to think. It did not matter about bringing them back, for he was about to join them. He was not really fetching them: They were fetching him.

The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,_ Harry recited. __o _ that__ sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn__ it?___hat__ basketball?_ said Wood curiously.__ever mind,_ said Harry quickly.

It's leviOsa, not levioSA!

Harry, my wand!

Minerva, kindly go to Hagrid's house, where you will find a large black dog sitting in the pumpkin patch. Take the dog to my office, tell him I will be with him shortly, then come back here.

They think I'm a waste of space, actually, but I'm used to_""I don't think you're a waste of space."If Harry had not seen Dudley's lips move, he might not have believed it. As it was, he stared at Dudley for several seconds before accepting that it must have been his cousin who had spoken; for one thing, Dudley had turned red. Harry was embarrassed and astonished himself.

The three witches and the knight set off down the hill together, arm in arm, and all four led long and happy lives, and none of them ever knew or suspected that the Fountain's waters carried no enchantment at all.

It was as though they had been plunged into a fabulous dream. This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel _ past swirls and turrets of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of toffees in the glove compartment...

Harry: "Have you_" he began. "I mean, who _ has anyone you known ever died?" "Yes," said Luna simply, "my mother. She was a quite extraordinary witch, you know, but she did like to experiment and one of her spells went rather badly wrong one day. I was nine." "I__ sorry," Harry mumbled. "Yes, it was rather horrible," said Luna conversationally. "I still feel very sad about it sometimes. But I__e still got Dad. And anyway, it__ not as though I__l never see Mum again, is it?" "Er _ isn__ it?" said Harry uncertainly. She shook her head in disbelief. "Oh, come on. You heard them, just behind the veil, didn__ you?" " You mean_" "In that room in the archway. They were just lurking out of sight, that__ all, you heard them.

I'm not going anywhere!" said Harry fiercely. "One of my best friends is Muggle-born; she'll be first in line if the Chamber really has been opened...