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1 " Did you like question ten, Moony?" asked Sirius as they emerged into the entrance hall." Loved it," said Lupin briskly. " Give five signs that identify the werewolf. Excellent question." " D'you think you managed to get all the signs?" said James in tones of mock concern." Think I did," said Lupin seriously, as they joined the crowd thronging around the front doors eager to get out into the sunlit grounds. " One: He's sitting on my chair. Two: He's wearing my clothes. Three: His name's Remus Lupin... "
2 " The seed of a blue lupin will usually produce a blue lupin. But the seed of a blue-eyed man may produce a brown-eyed bore...especially if his wife has a taste for gigolos. "
― Beverley Nichols , Down the Garden Path
3 " He may wear what he likes in the future, for I shall never drive with him again. His conduct was shocking. When we passed Highgate Archway, he tried to pass everything and everybody. He shouted to respectable people who were walking quietly in the road to get out of the way; he flicked at the horse of an old man who was riding, causing it to rear; and, as I had to ride backwards, I was compelled to face a gang of roughs in a donkey-cart, whom Lupin had chaffed, and who turned and followed us for nearly a mile, bellowing, indulging in coarse jokes and laughter, to say nothing of occasionally pelting us with orange-peel. "
― George Grossmith , The Diary of a Nobody
4 " Merry Christmas," said George. " Don't go downstairs for a bit." " Why not?" said Ron." Mum's crying again," said Fred heavily. " Percy sent back his Christmas jumper." [I guess that's a sweater, though my jury is still out on it until I get a future confirmation.]" Without a not," added George. " Hasn't asked how Dad is or visit him [in the hospital] or anything..." " We tried to comfort her," said Fred, moving around the bed to look at Harry's portrait. " Told her Percy's nothing but a humongous pile of rat droppings--" " --didn't work," said George, helping himself to a Chocolate Frog. " So Lupin took over. Best let him cheer her up before we go down for breakfast, I reckon. "
