"That first part, where he's with his aunt and then when he's with that fat guy...well, whoever, that fat guy, and then he gets on the train and walks through the walls...well, I thought it was really good until then but when they got to...whatever, that academy thing, that's when it all started to break down"
-My father, on the first Harry Potter movie

"A strange thing. As soon as I drink tea, someone invisible tugs at my arm telling me to write to you...Why would this be? If only this desire appeared during coffee, then at least it would be understandable. In my memory you are glued to coffee: you poured it yourself and put sugar in it for me; but during tea you performed no service. Why is this?"

"Have you ever tried dancing a trepak all over the room in nothing but your nightshirt when you get up from bed?"

"Oh, no! I picked the wrong shade of dusty green!"

"Papers should be NO MORE THAN FOUR pages. I will read a fifth page only if I am about to weep from the sublime beauty of your prose."

"Strong similarities among papers will be taken as evidence of plagarism rather than telepathy. Spelling matters. Grammar matters. Coherent sentences are nice. Paragraphs that follow their topic sentences make me smile."

"Four sum raisin, ewe Kant all weighs ray lie on a spell chequer."

"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."