J.K. Rowling

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.

She needs to sort out her priorities

It is my baby and if I want to bring it out to play again, I will.

Ron's ears turned bright red and he become engrossed in a tuft of grass at his feet, which he prodded with his toe 'he must've known I'd run out on you'.'No', Harry corrected him, 'He must've known you'd always want to come back

Dudley thought for a moment. It looked like hard work.

In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again.

But if it matters to you, you'll be able to choose Gryffindor over Slytherin. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account.""Really?""It did for me," said Harry.He had never told any of his children that before, and he saw the wonder in Albus's face when he said it.

Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, 'It unscrews the other way.

Hello, Professor McGonagall,_ said Moody calmly, bouncing the ferret still higher.__hat _ what are you doing?_ said Professor McGonagall, her eyes following the bouncing ferret__ progress through the air.__eaching,_ said

Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.

Listeners, that brings us to the end of another Potterwatch. We don__ know when it will be possible to broadcast again, but you can be sure we shall be back. Keep twiddling those dials: the next password will be __ad-Eye._ Keep each other safe. Keep faith. Good night.

Have you ever seen anything quite as pathetic?" said Malfoy. "And he__ supposed to be our teacher!"Harry and Ron both made furious moves toward Malfoy, but Hermione got there first - SMACK!She had slapped Malfoy across the face with all the strength she could muster. Malfoy staggered. Harry, Ron, Crabbe, and Goyle stood flabbergasted as Hermione raised her hand

You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

Beds empty! No note! Car gone _ could have crashed _ out of my mind with worry _ did you care? _ never, as long as I__e lived _ you wait until your father gets home, we never had trouble like this from Bill or Charlie or Percy _""Perfect Percy,_ muttered

But...surely you know where your nephew is going?' she asked, looking bewildered.'Certainly we know,' said Vernon Dursley. 'He's off with some of your lot, isn't he? Right, Dudley, let's get in the car, you heard the man, we're in a hurry.'Again, Vernon Dursley marched as far as the front door, but Dudley did not follow.'Off with some of our lot?'Hestia looked outraged. Harry had met the attitude before: witches and wizards seemed stunned that his closest living family took so little interest in the famous Harry Potter.'It's fine,' Harry assured her. 'It doesn't matter, honestly.''Doesn't matter?' repeated Hestia, her voice rising ominously.'Don't these people realise what you've been through? What danger you are in? The unique position you hold in the hearts of the anti-Voldemort movement?'Er - no, they don't,' said Harry. '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.

Killing rips the soul apart.

He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through.""How very rude of him.""I told him I was."Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. "I am very touched, Harry.

Give her hell from us, Peeves."And Peeves, whom Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.