The first of two updates today, broken apart due to limits in tagging characters ...
In a book, in a box, in the closet
In a line in a song I once heard
In a moment on a front porch late one June
In a breath inside a whisper, beneath the moon
There it was at the tips of my fingers
There it was at the tip of my tongue
There you were and I had never been that far
There it was the whole world wrapped inside my arms
-"The Words I Couldn't Say" by Leighton Meester (Rascal Flatts have also done this song)
"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world."
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling
"'That'd be a cheerful visit,' said Ron. 'Hello, Hagrid. Tell us, haveyou been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?'"
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling
"What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling
"'It only put me in Gryffindor,' said Harry in a defeated voice, 'because I asked not to go in Slytherin.' 'Exactly,' said Dumbledore, beaming once more. 'Which makes you very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choice, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.'"
-from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) by J.K. Rowling
"'Right, you've got a crooked sort of cross ...' He consulted Unfogging the Future. 'That means you're going to have 'trials and suffering' -- sorry about that -- but there's a thing that could be the sun ... hang on ... that means 'great happiness' ... so you're going to suffer but be very happy.' 'You need you Inner Eye tested, if you ask me,' said Ron."
-from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) by J.K. Rowling
"Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, they glory in decay and despair, they drain peace, hope and happiness out of the air around them. Even Muggles feel their presence, though they can't see them. Get too near a dementor and every good feeling, every happy memory will be sucked out of you. If it can, the dementor will feed on you long enough to reduce you to something like itself ... soulless and evil. You'll be with nothing but the worst experiences of your life."
-from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) by J.K. Rowling
"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in the times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him. How else could you produce that particular Patronus? Prongs rode again last night."
-from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) by J.K. Rowling
"No matter how much Aunt Petunia wailed that Dudley was big-boned, and that his poundage was really puppy fat, and that he was a growing boy who needed plenty of food, the fact remained that the school outfitters didn't sell knickerbockers big enough for him anymore. The school nurse had seen what Aunt Petunia's eyes -- so sharp when it came to spotting fingerprints on her gleaming walls, and observing the comings and goings of the neighbors -- simply refused to see: that far from needing extra nourishment, Dudley had reached roughly the size and weight of a young killer whale."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling
"At this, the veela lost control ... Watching through his Omnioculars, Harry saw that they didn't look remotely beautiful now. On the contrary, their faces were elongating into sharp, cruel-beaked bird heads, and long scaly wings were bursting from their shoulders."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling
"'I am not joking, Mr. Weasley,' he said, 'though now that you mention it, I did hear an excellent one over the summer about a troll, a hag, and a leprechaun who all go into a bar ...' Professor McGonagall cleared her throat loudly. 'Er -- but maybe this is not the time ... no ...' said Dumbledore."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling
"'I hope you saw my piece over the summer about the International Confederation of Wizards' Conference?' 'Enchantingly nasty,' said Dumbledore, his eyes twinkling. 'I particularly enjoyed your description of me as an obsolete dingbat.' Rita Skeeter didn't look remotely abashed."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling
"'It'd be a bit more impressive if she hadn't done it about eighty times before,' Harry said as they finally regained the fresh air of the staircase beneath Professor Trelawney's room. 'But if I'd dropped dead every time she's told me I'm going to, I'd be a medical miracle.' 'You'd be sort of an extra-concentrated ghost,' said Ron, chortling."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling
"When he looked back, even a month later, Harry found he had only scattered memories of the next few days. It was thought he had been through too much to take in any more. The recollections he did have were very painful."
-from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) by J.K. Rowling
