| Quote | Book |
| One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age. | |
| People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. | |
| On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Earnest Pudding's Gourd Surprise—yes, there is someth | |
| Come forth Lazarus! And he came fifth and lost the job. | |
| Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way | |
| Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow. | |
| there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. | |
| There is no national problem in the world today, which cannot be resolved by reason alone. | |
| Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much | |
| The flushpots of Euston and the hanging garments of Marylbone | |