“I think that all filth is local…and that a joke isn’t a joke unless it’s at somebody’s expense”
“It is real, isn’t it? It’s not a joke? Petunia says you’re lying to me. Petunia says there isn’t a Hogwarts. It is real, isn’t it?”“It’s real for us,” said Snape. “Not for her.”
“We think that tomorrow, unless we surrender, they may drop the moon on us." "You're joking.""Wish I was.”
“It’s not a joke if it’s not entirely clear. But most jokes play off of ambiguity and sudden juxtaposition, so a joke has to be clearly unclear.”
“Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.”
“I was joking about my clones to my family when my uncle Herman said, “Don’t do that. Don’t make fun of yourself and others at the same time.” And he’s right. It is confusing. Am I mocking myself, or joking at the expense of someone else?”