He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life.

The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?

Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance.

Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.

He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself.

For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and drown, powerless, in theirown despair. . . .