“He was struck dumb at the words though he should not be surprised; his wife kept him in a perpetual state of speechlessness.”

“Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb.”

“He was reading. I was struck dumb with amazement.”

“It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and the sheer dumb animal optimism of men, the latter a force more than any other responsible for the lamentable state of the world.”

“Surprisingly, I felt no anger towards him. He was just Man. Man in his basic, rudimentary state, easily moved by powerful emotions like love, lust, anger, greed, and fear, but totally dumb to the finer, acquired emotions like pity, mercy, humour, and justice.”

“As if he was beating me to the punch, his words living forever, while I was left speechless, no rebuttal, no words left to say.”