There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years.
He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company
Deep down I think I may be just like everyone else. And do you know what, Harry?" "No sir." "That bothers me.
I don't want to act as if 'Harry Potter' wasn't the most amazing thing because it truly was, but it's also great personally that I'm starting to see signs that I can move on from it and do other stuff that hopefully people enjoy.
Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance...
One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century, especially his escape from the Chinese water torture cell, represented triumph over suffocation, drown...
When scientific conversations cease, then dogma rather than knowledge begins to rule the day.
Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.
We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.
It was surely one thing to respect the Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of them with a loving caress in his voice?
It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .
That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work... It would be more useful than divination, anyway...
For our Hogwarts is in danger from external, deadly foes And we must unite inside her or we'll crumble from within
All those poor elves I haven’t set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren’t enough hats!
Nobody's ever asked me to a party before, as a friend. Is that why you dyed your eyebrow, for the party? Should I do mine too?
I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...” “Yes, they do that,” said Dumbledore.
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!
Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!
Why are you worrying about you-know-who? You should be worrying about u-no-poo! The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!
Just because you’re allowed to use magic now you don’t have to whip your wands out for every tiny little thing!
I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .
