“It was surely one thing to respect the Dark Arts as a dangerous enemy, another to speak of them with a loving… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, JNI seems to be a dark art reserved for the initiated.” — Karim Yaghmour Copy Share Image
“Far from being about practising the dark arts, the modern witch movement is all about female empowerment. Women” — Lisa Lister Copy Share Image
“He has achieved high marks in all Defense Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation” — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
Predicting recessions is indeed a dark art, but I think we are several years away from the next one. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be a brooding, deep, dark artist, but I can never keep that facade going for more than 15 minutes. — Bryan Callen Copy Share Image
As society becomes more complex and opaque, as social processes seem more impersonal and autonomous, and as elites of 'experts' become more… — George Will Copy Share Image
I painted with my husband a portrait of a naked Serge Gainsbourg draped with a French flag, and it hangs in our… — Stephanie Szostak Copy Share Image
Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
“Snape’s never been like this with any of our other Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, even if he did want the… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Okay. I’m ready to move onto something else, like practicing with knives or defense against the dark arts. Cool things.” “Did you… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
No alcohol, Riley." She nodded at the screen. "How are you liking the twenty-first century?" Riley burped. "The Take That are most… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
You tell the big lie by carefully selecting only the small, isolated truths, linking them in such a way that that advance… — Bill Whittle Copy Share Image
I can't believe they even bothered filling that faculty position again. They might as well rename the class Defense Against the Dark… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“Hang on . . .” Harry muttered to Ron. “There’s an empty chair at the staff table. . . . Where’s Snape?”… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“That was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson we've ever had, wasn't it?" said Ron... "He seems like a very… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“They're power-hungry, the mundane said of the magical people. They're immoral, people said, and they're scary. Playing with the dark arts could… — Christine Wicker Copy Share Image
“And just look at these books!” said Hermione excitedly, running a finger along the spines of the large leather-bound tomes. “A Compendium… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Ron and Hermione were still smirking and Harry felt his temper rise; he wasn’t even sure why he was feeling so angry.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And what the music elicits—in me, in most everyone who hears it and takes to it—is a strangely comforting, sensual melancholy, a… — William Todd Schultz Copy Share Image
“Maybe he's left," said Harry, "because he missed out on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!" "Or he might have… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Ah, yes, Yggdrasil, the great tree of the world. It is the mark of the mystic. Usually this role is reserved for… — C.J. Adrien Copy Share Image
“Are you sure that’s a real spell?’ said the girl. ‘Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve tried a few simple… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Aye, Rob, but we canna help noticin' ye also have tae do the Explainin', too,' said Daft Wullie. There was a general… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“SO WHAT" Harry shouted. "Don't you understand? If Snape gets hold of the Stone, Voldemort's coming back! Haven't you heard what it… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Ron and Hermione came crashing down the stairs behind Harry, wands pointing, like his, at the unknown man now standing with his… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I will reluctantly teach you enough trivia for a passing mark on the Ministry-mandated portions of your first-year finals. Since your exact… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“The hunger for power has made them cruel They shed humanity and shed every rule They bow to the devil, deny what… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari Copy Share Image
“Remus,” said Hermione tentatively, “is everything all right . . . you know . . . between you and—” “Everything is fine,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I’m not,” Ben said. “I’m careful. There’s a difference.” “Of course,” my father said. “I’d never—” “Save it for the paying customers,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Something, somewhere, somewhen, must have happened differently... PETUNIA EVANS married Michael Verres, a Professor of Biochemistry at Oxford. HARRY JAMES POTTER-EVANS-VERRES grew… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Programming is a Dark Art, and it always will be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the… — Damian Conway Copy Share Image
“Harry had never met a vampire, but he had seen pictures of them in his Defense Against the Dark Arts classes, and… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“You know what happened to her predecessors?" "Of course. It's sort of like the Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers. Bad things… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck… — Severus Snape Copy Share Image
“Finding a master of the dark art of ninjutsu in modern westernized Japan seems as unlikely as finding an active practitioner of… — Stephen K. Hayes Copy Share Image
Oh, come off it,” said Ron, striding over to her and whipping her results out of her hand. “Yep— ten ‘Outstandings’ and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice... No one… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Here, are the stiffening hills, here, the rich cargo Congealed in the dark arteries, Old veins That hold Glamorgan's blood. The midnight… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
