“Celebrity is as celebrity does.”

“Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.”

“Ah, yes. Harry Potter. Our new — celebrity.”

“Don't be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! Rejoice, for You-Know-Who is gone at last! Even muggles like yourself should be celebrating this happy, happy day.”

“So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?”“Yep,” said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup, transferring it to his mouth, and swallowing it whole. “Then you get P for ‘Poor’ ” — Ron raised both his arms in mock celebration — “and D for ‘Dreadful.’ ”“And then T,” George reminded him.“T?” asked Hermione, looking appalled. “Even lower than a D? What on earth does that stand for?”“ ‘Troll,’ ” said George promptly.”

“Even the weather seemed to be celebrating; as June approached, the days became cloudless and sultry, and all anybody felt like doing was strolling onto the grounds and flopping down on the grass with several pints of iced pumpkin juice, perhaps playing a casual game of Gobstones or watching the giant squid propel itself dreamily across the surface of the lake.”

“Howard was almost as fond of this hall as he was of his own shop. The Brownies used it on Tuesdays, and the Women's Institute on Wednesdays. It had hosted jumble sales and Jubilee celebrations, wedding receptions and wakes, and it smelled of all of these things: of stale clothes and coffee urns, and the ghosts of home-baked cakes and meat salads; of dust and human bodies; but primarily of aged wood and stone.”