“Dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste.”

“Dawn was breaking over the horizon, shell pink and faintly gold...”

“Are you planning to follow a career in Magical Law, Miss Granger?” asked Scrimgeour.“No, I’m not,” retorted Hermione. “I’m hoping to do some good in the world!”

“Everythin' seems ter happen ter you, doesn' it?”

“But Snape always seemed to hate me so much.”

“If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders. That’d lead ‘em right! That’s all I’m sayin’.”

“Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.”