We touch other people's lives simply by existing.

I know what you are known as . . . but to me, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.

McLaggen makes Grawp look like a gentleman.

Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless —unless they've got to.

No, I'm fine,' said Harry, wondering why he kept telling people this, and wondering whether he had ever been less fine.

He dreamed of London and of a life that mattered.

To the Dark Lord, I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret. I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more. R.A.B