'Yeah, size is no guarantee of power,' said George. 'Look at Ginny'Kreacher bowed again as he spoke. ( 2020-01-25 )

'Deep down, Fudge knows Dumbledore's much cleverer than he is, a much more powerful wizard, and in the early days of his Ministry he was forever asking Dumbledore for help and advice,' said Lupin. 'But it seems he's become fond of power, and much more confident. He loves being Minister for Magic and he's m; n-aged to convince himself that he's the clever one and Dumbledore's simply stirring up trouble for the sake of it.''Hello, Kreacher,' said Fred very loudly, closing the door with a snap. ( 2020-01-25 )

Deftly spraying two Doxys at once as they soared straight for his nose, Harry moved closer to George and muttered out of the corner of his mouth, 'What are Skiving Snackboxes?'They were both speaking in carefully light, polite voices that told Harry quite plainly that neither had forgotten their disagreement of the night before. ( 2020-01-25 )

'Yeah, well, it's harder in the dark.''Well, as everyone thinks I'm a mad mass-murderer and the Ministry's put a ten thousand Galleon price on my head, I can hardly stroll up the street and start handing out leaflets, can I?' said Sirius restlessly. ( 2020-01-25 )

Hedwig and Pigwidgeon hooted dolefully. The floorboard creaked again and they heard her heading upstairs to check on Fred and George.'Come on, Harry, haven't you seen enough of this house to tell what kind of wizards my family were?' said Sirius testily. ( 2020-01-25 )

'Andromeda's sisters are still here because they made lovely, respectable pure-blood marriages, but Andromeda married a Muggle-born, Ted Tonks, so - ''Oh, no,' said Sirius. 'No, he was murdered by Voldemort. Or on Voldemort's orders, more likely; I doubt Regulus was ever important enough to be killed by Voldemort in person. From what I found out after he died, he got in so far, then panicked about what he: was being asked to do and tried to back out. Well, you don't just hand in your resignation to Voldemort. It's a lifetime of service or death.' ( 2020-01-25 )

'Kreacher said nothing,' said the elf, with a second box to George, adding in a clear undertone, 'and there its twin, unnataral little beasts they are.'he's never quite forgotten how much popular support Dumbledore had, even though Dumbledore never applied for the job.' ( 2020-01-25 )