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“Although people rarely died playing Quidditch, referees had been known to vanish and turn up months later in the Sahara Desert.” (Quidditch Through the Ages Quotes)
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“I would advise you to buy it, because if you read too long without handing over money you will find yourself the object of the Thief’s Curse”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“Oh, the thrill of the chase as I soar through the air With the Snitch up ahead and the wind in my hair As I draw ever closer, the crowd gives a shout But then comes a Bludger and I am knocked out.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“The club motto was changed in 1972 from “We shall conquer” to “Let’s all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.” Falmouth”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“The four brothers and three sisters were by all accounts a formidable team who rarely lost a match, partly, it is said, because of the intimidation felt by opposing teams at the sight of Walter standing on the sidelines with a wand in one hand and a meat cleaver in the other.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“The full list of these fouls, however, has never been made available to the wizarding public. It is the Department’s view that witches and wizards who see the list ‘might get ideas’.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“Tuesday. Hot. That lot from across the marsh have been at it again. Playing a stupid game on their broomsticks. A big leather ball landed in my cabbages. I hexed the man who came for it. I’d like to see him fly with his knees on back to front, the great hairy hog.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“Tuesday. Wet. Was out on the marsh picking nettles. Broomstick idiots playing again. Watched for a bit from behind a rock. They’ve got a new ball. Throwing it to each other and trying to stick it in trees at either end of the marsh. Pointless rubbish.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“Tuesday. Windy. Gwenog came for nettle tea, then invited me out for a treat. Ended up watching those numbskulls playing their game on the marsh. That big Scottish warlock from up the hill was there. Now they’ve got two big heavy rocks flying around trying to knock them all off their brooms. Unfortunately didn’t happen while I was watching. Gwenog told me she often played herself. Went home in disgust.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
“While there have been no proven referee slayings since, there have been several incidences of broom-tampering over the centuries, the most dangerous being the transformation of the referee’s broom into a Portkey, so that he or she is whisked away from the match halfway through and turns up months later in the Sahara Desert.”
J. K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages
