• "Not as stupid as you look, are you, Dud? But I s'pose if you were, you wouldn't be able to walk and talk at the same time..."

Harry Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 1

• "Turn 'round and face me like a man,

why don't you?" "But I am not a man, Muggle," said the cold voice, barely audible now over the crackling of the flames. "I am much, much more than a man."

Voldemort Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 1

• "Longbottom, kindly do not reveal that you can't even perform a simple Switching Spell in front of anyone from Durmstrang!" Professor McGonagall barked at the end of one particularly difficult lesson, during which Neville had accidentally transplanted his own ears onto a cactus.

McGonagall Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 15

• Half a dozen badges slid out of the metal chute where returned coins usually appeared. Hermione scooped them up and handed them mutely to Harry over Ginny's head; he glanced at the topmost one.

HARRY POTTER RESCUE MISSION

Harry Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 34

• ...they heard Sirius tramping past their door towards Buckbeak's room, singing "God Rest Ye, Merry Hippogriffs" at the top of his voice.

Sirius Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 23

• Before he'd had time to think, Harry had taken his eyes off the Snitch and looked down.

At least a hundered dementors, their hidden faces pointing up at him, were standing beneath him. It was as though freezing water were rising in his chest, cutting his insides. And then he heard it again... Someone was screaming...

Harry Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 9

• The school nurse had seen what Aunt Petunia's eyes -- so sharp when it came to spotting fingerprints on her gleaming walls, and in observing the comings and goings of the neighbors -- simply refused to see: that far from needing extra nourishment, Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale.

Dursleys Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 2

• "Git," said Fred idly.

"He's on our side now," said Hermione reprovingly. Ron snorted. "Doesn't stop him being a git. The way he looks at us when he sees us..."

Snape Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 4

• Harry liked Hermione very much, but she just wasn't the same as Ron. There was much less laughter and a lot more hanging around in the library when Hermione was your best friend.

Harry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 19

• Cedric was lying spread-eagled on the ground beside him. He was dead.

For a second that contained an eternity, Harry stared into Cedric's face, at his open gray eyes, blank and expressionless as the windows of a deserted house, at his half-open mouth, which looked slightly surprised.

Harry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 32

• "Beds empty! No note! Car gone -- could have crashed -- out of my mind with worry -- did you care? -- never, as long as I've lived -- you wait until your father gets home, we never had trouble like this from Bill or Charlie or Percy --"

Molly Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 3

• Frowning, he avoided [Rita Skeeter's] gaze and looked down at words the quill had just written: Tears fill those startlingly green eyes as our conversation turns to the parents he can barely remember.

"I have NOT got tears in my eyes!" said Harry loudly.

Harry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 18

• "Find my what?"

"-- and take his Wheezy back from the merpeople!" "What's a Wheezy?" "Your Wheezy, sir, your Wheezy -- Wheezy who is giving Dobby his sweater!"

Harry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 26

• "Macnair, if Buckbeak has indeed been stolen, do you really think the thief will have led him away on foot?" said Dumbledore, still sounding amused. "Search the skies, if you will... Hagrid, I could do with a cup of tea. Or a large brandy."

Dumbledore Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 21

• It was Neville. He was curled up on the floor,

fast asleep, but jerked suddenly awake as they crept nearer.

"Thank goodness you found me! I've been out here for hours, I couldn't remember the new password to get in to bed."

Neville Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 9

• "And the Quaffle is taken immediately by Angelina Johnson of Gryffindor -- what an excellent Chaser that girl is, and rather attractive, too --"

"JORDAN!"

"Sorry, Professor."

McGonagall Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 11

• Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.

Dursleys Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 1

• Weasley cannot save a thing,

He cannot block a single ring, That's why Slytherins all sing: Weasley is our King.

Weasley was born in a bin, He always lets the Quaffle in, Weasley will make sure we win, Weasley is our King.

Ron Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 19

• "Harry..." whispered the figure of Cedric, "take my body back, will you? Take my body back to my parents..."

"I will," said Harry, his face screwed up with the effort of holding the wand.

Harry Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 34

• "Very clean, aren't they, these Muggles?" said the witch called Tonks, who was looking around the kitchen with great interest. "My dad's Muggle-born and he's a right old slob. I suppose it varies, just like with wizards?"

Tonks Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 3

• "Are they fish?" breathed Ginny.

"Aquavirius maggots!" said Luna excitedly. "Dad said the Ministry were breeding --" "No," said Hermione. She sounded odd. She moved forward to look through the side of the tank. "They're brains."

Hermione Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 34

• "You know, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to show people exactly how horrible it is to clean all the time -- we could do a sponsored scrub of Gryffindor common room, all proceeds to S.P.E.W., it would raise awareness as well as funds --"

Hermione Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 9

• "I can't see any boils," said Ron, staring at the twins.

"No, well, you wouldn't," said Fred darkly, "they're not in a place we generally display to the public --" "-- but they make sitting on a broom a right pain in the --"

Fred & George Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 18

• "Ron, we're supposed to show the first years where to go!"

"Oh yeah," said Ron, who had obviously forgotten. "Hey -- hey you lot! Midgets!" "Ron!" "Well, they are, they're titchy..." "I know, but you can't call them midgets..."

Hermione Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 11

• "My name is Professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before. I find that descending too often into the hustle and bustle of the main school clouds my Inner Eye."

Trelawney Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 6

• "Welcome... How nice to see you in the physical world at last."

Trelawney Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 6q

• "It's our dad dying we're talking about!" yelled George.

"Your father knew what he was getting into, and he won't thank you for messing things up for the Order!" said Sirius angrily in his turn. "This is how it is -- this is why you're not in the Order -- you don't understand -- there are things worth dying for!"

Sirius Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, Chapter 22