1,714 Quotes by J.K. Rowling

Harry the spider! they want me to tap dance. I don't want to tap dance!

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.

SORTING HAT: "Albus Potter."He puts his hat on Albus’s head — and this time he seems to take longer — almost as if he too is confused."SLYTHERIN!"There’s a silence.A perfect, profound silence.One that sits low, twists a bit, and has damage within it.

SCORPIUS: "We send a memory — like a Pensieve — stand over him and send a message, hope he reaches for the memory at exactly the right moment. I mean, it’s unlikely, but . . . Stand over the baby — and just repeatedly shout HELP. HELP. HELP. I mean, it might traumatize the baby slightly."ALBUS: "Only slightly.

Albus: First question. What do you know about the Triwizard tournament?Scorpius(happy): Ooooh, a quiz! Three schools pick three champions to compete in three tasks for one cup. What's that got to do with anything?Albus: You really are an enormous geek, you know that?Scorpius: Ya-huh.

Every atom of it had been blasted apart and reconstituted in an instant, and its appearance of permanence and solidity was laughable; it would dissolve at a touch, for everything was suddenly tissue-thin and friable.

But before he went loopy he was the life and soul of the party," said Fred. "He used to down an entire bottle of firewhiskey, then run onto the dance floor, hoist up his robes, and start pulling bunches of flowers out of his--"Yes, he sounds like a real charmer," said Hermione, while Harry roared with laughter.Never married, for some reason," said Ron.

Enter, stranger, but take heedOf what awaits the sin of greed,For those who take, but do not earn,Must pay most dearly in their turn,So if you seek beneath our floorsA treasure that was never yours,Thief, you have been warned, bewareOf finding more than treasure there.

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus[never tickle a sleeping dragon]