They didn’t seem to understand that everybody’s an idiot when they’re a teenager. Most people just have the good luck to stay alive long enough to grow out of it.”
“Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“If you made a better rat than a human, it’s not much to boast about, Peter,” said Black harshly.”
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“Jessica breathes in hard, holding back the urge to really show him patronizing, acutely aware of Gavin’s slumped shoulders, his mop, his bucket, his scruffy tracksuit, his tiny, punctured ego deflating on the sidewalk behind her as she walks away from him.”
― Breaking the Dark
― Breaking the Dark
“The only trouble was she had no idea if he was aiming a gun at her head now because he didn’t recognize her or because he did.”
― All Good People Here
― All Good People Here
“My wife used to sneer at my feeble charms, but one month into your fabulous Kwikspell course and I succeeded in turning her into a yak!”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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