“Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served when you’ve had enough time to build up enough vitriol and fury.”

“There are two ways to look at life. The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently connected, and that the only driving force in anyone’s life is entropy. The second is that everything pretty much stays the same (more or less) and that everything is completely connected, even if we don’t realize it.”

“It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.”

“Here,” Myrnin said, his voice still gentle and low. “Amelie said you had to work. No one said you had to work alone.” He picked up the next part and slotted it in, took the screwdriver from Claire’s numbed fingers, and fastened it with a couple of deft, fast movements. “I’ll be your hands.”She wanted to cry, because it was so sweet, but it wouldn’t do any good.”

“Locke sighed.’So this is winning,’ he said.’It is,’ replied Jean. ‘It can go fuck itself,’ said Locke.”

“I resisted the urge to hurl my plate at him. “Of course not, Ian. It’s just that normally at this hour, Bones and I are fucking like rabbits, so I get twitchy when I have to wait for him to climb aboard.”

“No, Miss Palmer. What is bizarre is that I currently have a vagina.”

“Fire wants to burn Water wants to flow Air wants to rise Earth wants to bindChaos wants to devourCal wants to live”

“Your hair is still wet!”

“So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . .” He shook his head. “You know what, Harry? If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you.”

“Sydney spent a lot of time on my bed these days.Unfortunately, it wasn’t with me.”

“Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.”

“When I die of heart failure the next time you frighten me like that, you can put that on my gravestone—‘I didn’t mean to startle her.”

“How in the name of Merlin’s pants have you managed to get your hands on those Horcrux books?”