J.K. Rowling

"Time is Galleons, little brother."

"Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences."

"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike."

"A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them as an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. The light hit both of their faces at the same time, so that Voldemort's was suddenly a flaming blur. Harry heard the high voice shriek as he too yelled his best hope to the heavens, pointing Draco's wand:Avada Kedavra!Expelliarmus!The bang was like a cannon blast, and the golden flames that erupted between them, at the dead center of the circle they had been treading, marked the point where the spells collided. Harry saw Voldemort's green jet meet his own spell, saw the Elder Wand fly high, dark against the sunrise, spinning across the enchanted ceiling, spinning through the air toward the master it would not kill, who had come to take full possession of it at last."

"I wish... I wish I were dead... And what use would that be to anyone?"

"Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe."

"Ginny, listen... I can't be involved with you anymore. We've got to stop seeing each other. We can't be together. It's for some stupid noble reason isn't it?It's been like...like something out of someone else's life these last few weeks with you. But I can't...we can't... I've got to do things alone now. Voldemort uses people his enemies are close to. He's already used you as bait once, and that was just because you were my best friend's sister. Think how much danger you'll be in if we keep this up. He'll know, he'll find out. He'll try and get me through you. What if I don't care?I care. How do you think I'd feel if this was your funeral...and it was my fault..."

"Here lies Dobby, a free elf."

"Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign… to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your very own skin. Quirrel, full of hatred, greed, and ambition, sharing his soul with Voldemort, could not touch you for this reason. It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good."

"Does it hurt? The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. Dying? Not at all, said Sirius. Quicker and easier than falling asleep."

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."

"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."

"Newt Scamander: My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice."

"You must accept the reality of other people. You think that reality is up for negotiation, that we think it's whatever you say it is. You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God."

"Harry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you... Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life? said Harry sarcastically."

"Sometimes you remind me a lot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit."

"Seventeen, eh! said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred. Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?Vaguely, said Harry, grinning up at him. Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?I forge’ the details, Hagrid chortled."

"It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world."

"Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me."

"An Unbreakable Vow? said Ron, looking stunned. Nah, he can’t have... Are you sure?Yes I’m sure, said Harry. Why, what does it mean?Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow... I’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough."