“Congratulate yourself if you have broken the monotony of a conventional age”
“Personally, I'd have welcomed a dementor attack. A deadly struggle for my soul would have broken the monotony nicely.”
“I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.”
“In life, redemption was walking up the down escalator: stop to congratulate yourself, and back you slid.”
“Ideals are replaced by conventional goals at a certain age.”
“I dropped out of school and congratulated myself for my diligence. Few realize how hard one has to work to resist the pressures of conventional success.”