“Dont you think its a bad sign that your best argument for your beau is that nothing has been proved in court?”

“Aves hasnt mentioned a boyfriend, Lock chimed in, and were just dying to hear all about you. Liar. My friends were filthy lying sadists.”

“But nowhere in the file had anyone said, Oh, and by the way, he runs like a gazelle with an espresso addiction. At least not in the parts Id skimmed.”

“Don’t you think it’s a bad sign that your best argument for your beau is that nothing has been proved in court?”

“But nowhere in the file had anyone said, “Oh, and by the way, he runs like a gazelle with an espresso addiction.” At least not in the parts I’d skimmed.”

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

“Well?" Ron said finally, looking up at Harry. "How was it?"Harry considered it for a moment. "Wet," he said truthfully.Ron made a noise that might have indicated jubilation or disgust, it was hard ...”

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each others personalities. Who wouldnt? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But thats not the clever trick. The ...”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”