Ruby

“was at Hogwarts meself but I — er — got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth. In me third year. They snapped me wand in half an’ everything.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“But what does a ministry of magic do?"
"Well, their main job is to keep it from the Muggles that there's still witches an' wizards up an' down the country."
"Why?"
"Why? Blimey, Harry, everyone'd be wantin' magic solutions to their problems. Nah, we're best left alone.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by Rowling J.K.

“I’m — er — not supposed ter do magic, strictly speakin’. I was allowed ter do a bit ter follow yeh an’ get yer letters to yeh an’ stuff — one o’ the reasons I was so keen ter take on the job —”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“In those sombre forests of his striving his own soul rose before him, and he saw himself,—darkly as through a veil;”
― W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk