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Piers, Dennis, Malcolm, and Gordon were all big and stupid, but as Dudley was the biggest and stupidest of the lot, he was the leader.
He hummed “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” as he worked, and jumped at small noises.
“I know some things,” he said. “I can, you know, do math and stuff.”
Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the staffroom fire and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him.
Harry then did something that was both very brave and very stupid:
But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend. There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
Harry learned that there were seven hundred ways of committing a Quidditch foul and that all of them had happened during a World Cup match in 1473;
Out of the corner of his eye he saw the fluttering banner high above, flashing Potter for President over the crowd. His heart skipped. He felt braver.
“Don’t play,” said Hermione at once. “Say you’re ill,” said Ron. “Pretend to break your leg,” Hermione suggested. “Really break your leg,” said Ron.
“Wonder what it’s like to have a peaceful life,”
Harry swore to himself not to meddle in things that weren’t his business from now on.
“Always the innocent are the first victims,” he said. “So it has been for ages past, so it is now.”
you were the one who told me to stand up to people!” “Yes, but not to us,”
“HAVE YOU GONE MAD?” Ron bellowed. “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?”
to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
“Quirrell said Snape —” “Professor Snape, Harry.” “Yes, him
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
