“Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here. ”

“I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.”

“Are you insane? Of course I want to leave the Dursleys! Have you got a house? When can I move in?”

“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”

“Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt.”

“When in doubt, go to the library.”

“DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY, STILL RECRUITING.”

“The last words Albus Dumbledore spoke to the pair of us?' Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.”

“This is night, Diddykins. That's what we call it when it goes all dark like this. ”

“When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.”

“What would come, would come...and you would have to meet it, when it did.”

“As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”

“It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.”

“One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”

“Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!”

“Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.”

“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.”

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

“The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.”

“I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”

“Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness?”

“Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.”

“Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”