I believe that lack of empathy is behind many problems, and I believe that it's disrupting our society. In Great Britain, there is a steady decline in the willingness to be truly generous, and by that I don't mean monetary generosity, but friendship and sympathy for others.

Killing is not so easy as the innocent believe.

Harry, just go down to the lake tomorrow, right, stick your head in, yell at the merpeople to give back whatever they’ve nicked, and see if they chuck it out. Best you can do, mate.

I won't blast people out of my way just because they're there' said Harry. 'That's Voldemort's job.

I really don't believe in magic.

We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.

You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?