“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“You saved my life.” “Not really,” said Harry. “It was your soul the dementor would have taken…” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, he wanted his wand back in his hand, not to defend himself, but to attack...… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“life can pass you by while you are clinging on to a wish that can never be –or ought never to be… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Don’t ask questions — that was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“All she had left of her old life and her old uncertainties was attacking familiar targets.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!' Ron yelled.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Look what he asked from me, Hermione! Risk your life, Harry! And again! And again! And don’t expect me to explain everything,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I was set free, because my greatest fear had already been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one. Privately, Harry felt… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“He could not even take comfort in knowing that he had spent most of his adult life in dread of calamities had… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. Because there are somethings you can't go through in life and become… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“You did a very noble thing, in saving Pettigrew’s life.” “But if he helps Voldemort back to power — !” “Pettigrew owes… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“They had hoped that Goyle, who was almost as stupid as he was mean, might be thrown out, but he had passed,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“A curly-haired third-year Hufflepuff girl to whom Harry had never spoken in his life asked him to go to the ball with… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“When one wizard saves another wizard’s life, it creates a certain bond between them. And I’m much mistaken if Voldemort wants his… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Gryffindor house is home to Nearly Headless Nick, who in life was Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Something of a snob, and a… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Harry went down to breakfast next morning to find the three Dursleys already sitting around the kitchen table. They were watching a… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“A life of ease and plenty dangled over his head like a great bulging pinata, which he might smash open if only… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“the Sorcerer’s Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers. The Stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime. The blood of a unicorn will… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?" At this, Hermione stood up, her hand stretching towards the dungeon ceiling. I… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Harry lost any sense of where they were: Streetlights above him, yells around him, he was clinging to the sidecar for dear… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Good day to you, Harry Potter’s relatives!” said Dedalus happily, striding into the living room. The Dursleys did not look at all… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“She pushed the book towards them, and Harry and Ron read: The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Philosopher's… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Extremely unusual though he was, at that moment Harry Potter felt just like everyone else: glad, for the first time in his… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“That’s not the song it sang when it Sorted us,” said Harry, clapping along with everyone else. “Sings a different one every… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“...then I declare you bounded for life.' The tufty-haired wizard raised his wand high over the heads of Bill and Fleur and… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, the brilliance that Bathilda exhibited earlier in her life has now dimmed. “The fire’s lit, but the cauldron’s empty,” as Ivor… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“How desperate she had been for a storybook ending, and a life to which Gaia would always want to return; because her… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“His life’s ambition is to have his head cut off and stuck up on a plaque just like his mother,” said Ron… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Our Chasers Aren’t Cheating! That was the stunned reaction of Quidditch fans across Britain last night when the so-called “Stooging Penalty” was announced by… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Snape pointed at the parchment, on which the words of Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were still shining.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“An intense cold swept over them all. Harry felt his own breath catch in his chest. The cold went deeper than his skin. It… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“If you're not Gryffindor, we'll disinherit you," said Ron, "but no pressure." "Ron!" Lily and Hugo laughed, but Albus and Rose looked solemn. "He… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“You want to give it a look, Xeno is printing all the stuff the Prophet’s ignoring, not a single mention of Crumple-Horned Snorkacks in… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Sellotape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose.” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Sybill Trelawney, Divination teacher,’” Harry read. “How’re we supposed to get up there?” As though in answer to his question, the trapdoor suddenly opened,… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Harry et Ron furent enchantés d’entendre Hagrid qualifier Rusard de « vieille ganache ».” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Well, I can certainly see why we’re trying to keep them alive,” said Malfoy sarcastically. “Who wouldn’t want pets that can burn, sting, and… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“There was no waking from this nightmare, no comforting whisper in the dark that he was safe really, that it was all in his… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Well, I reckon you should --" Ron began, but he was interrupted by the Fat Lady, who had been watching them sleepily and now… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Potter! Weasley! What are you doing?” It was Professor McGonagall, and her mouth was the thinnest of thin lines. “We were — we were… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
“Psst!” said a voice, and he looked around to see a wispy little witch and the ferrety wizard from Magical Maintenance gesturing to him… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share
