- "--yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often. Best to say nothing at all, my dear man."
- "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love."
- "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
- "Time is making fools of us again."
- "Alas! Ear wax!"
- "Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground."
- "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
- "Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort."
- "Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself."
- "Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them."
- "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
- "Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror, I seem to remember you achieved 'Outstanding' in all your N.E.W.T.s, but if you attempt to, er, 'bring me in' by force, I will have to hurt you."
- "By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many."
- "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"
- "It's lucky it's dark...I haven't blushed so much since Madame Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs."
- "I would assume that you were going to offer me refreshment, but the evidence so far suggests that that would be optimistic to the point of foolishness."
- "For future reference, Harry, it is raspberry . . . although of course, if I were a Death Eater, I would have been sure to research my own jam preferences before impersonating myself."
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