Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone's control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent - of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards.

Yeah, but coming from Dudley that's like "I love you.

But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.

You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.

Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.

All's fair in love and war," said Ron brightly, "and this is a bit of both.