“Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.”

“Because, sometimes you've got to think about more than your own safety! Sometimes you've got to think about the greater good! This is war!”

“That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!”

“You have to resign yourself to the fact that you waste a lot of trees before you write anything you really like, and that's just the way it is. It's like learning an instrument, you've got to be prepared for hitting wrong notes occasionally, or quite a lot, cause I wrote an awful lot before I wrote anything I was really happy with. And read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.”

“You've got to appreciate what the worst is. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you're facing it.”

“Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough.”

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