Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

by J.K. Rowling

Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest, And taught them all she knew,

Love being categorized as "the rest"

“Ask us no questions and we’ll tell you no lies,

It was another bad day for Harry;

Well given the series, nearly every day is.

“What an interesting insight into our justice system!”

Me

“you intend to take on Dawlish, Shacklebolt, Dolores, and myself single-handed, do you, Dumbledore?” “Merlin’s beard, no,” said Dumbledore, smiling. “Not unless you are foolish enough to force me to.”

“Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit —”

“Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness —”

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young . . . and I seem to have forgotten lately . .

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. . . .