I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to be to keep Lily Potter’s son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter —

Holey? You have the the whole world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?

Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.

There,” she said softly. “Now he could be sleeping.

Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.

You don't know what I'm capable of, you don't know what I've done!

You’d think a bit of kissing would cheer her up.