“Oooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger!”

“You can laugh! But people used to believe there were no such things as the Blibbering Humdinger or the Crumple-Horned Snorkack!”

“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”

“Look . . . at . . . me. . . .”

“Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel — Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.”

“The Forbidden Forest looked as though it had been enchanted, each tree smattered with silver, and Hagrid's cabin looked like an iced cake.”

“There's the silver lining I'm looking for.”