What is your all-time favorite line(s) from the book?

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50793

Kary wrote:
"But certainly you already knew that, Sibyll?" said Professor 
McGonagall, her eyebroys raised... .
"Certainly I knew, Minerva,"she said quietly. "But one does not 
parade the fact that one is All-Knowing. I frequently act as though I 
am not possessed of the Inner Eye, so as not to make others nervous."
"That explains a great deal," said Professor McGonagall tartly.

HA! Thanks Kary, that's my FAVORITE chuckler in the series!

Comedy quite aside, I tend to mostly go for the truisms from 
Dumbledore - they always resonate realistically. I get the idea that 
she's tapping into a greater human consciousness, because these are 
all so - honest.


(After singing the school song in PS/SS):
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do 
here!" PS/SS 128

"Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. 
Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."  PS/SS 298

"It is our choices, Harry, that show who we really are, far more than 
our abilities." CoS 333


So many more(!), but these are what I've got for now.

-Tom