“That’ll change the world, that report will. Front page of the Daily Prophet, I expect, cauldron leaks.”
Ron, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 5
“Wild! I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again … and again … and again …”
Ron, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 8
“Good Lord, Arthur. What did you have to sell to get seats in the top box? Surely your house wouldn’t have fetched this much?”
Lucius Malfoy, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 8
“Ron, You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the air whenever they killed. The terror is inspired … you have no idea, you’re too young. Just picture coming home, and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you’re about to find inside … Everyone’s worst fear … the very worst …”
Arthur Weasley, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 9
“I shouted at you before you left! It’s all I’ve been thinking about! What if You-Know-Who had got you, and the last thing I ever said to you was that didn’t get enough O.W.Ls? Oh, Fred … George …”
Molly Weasley, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 10
“If the Hogwart’s express crashed tomorrow, and George and I died, How would you feel knowing that the last thing we ever heard from you was an unfounded accusation?”
Fred, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 10
“I’ll go starkers before I put that on.”
Ron, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 10
“Dumbledore’s not exactly what you’d call normal though is he? I mean, I know he’s a genius and everything …”
Fred, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 11
“Ah, think of the possibilities [at Durmstrang]. It would’ve been so easy to push Malfoy off a glacier and make it look like an accident … shame his mother likes him …”
Ron, Goblet of Fire, Ch. 11
“Well, I can certainly see why we’re trying to keep them alive. Who wouldn’t want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?”
Draco Malfoy [about the Blast-Ended Skrewts], Goblet of Fire, Ch. 13