Snape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.

You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us?

He felt even angrier that Dumbledore was showing signs of weakness. He had no business being weak when Harry wanted to rage and storm at him.

I think what is probably hard for people to imagine is how wrapped up the 17 years' work on Harry Potter is with what was going on in my life at the time. I was mourning the loss of this world that I had written for so long and loved so much. I was also mourning the retreat it had been from - from ordinary life, which it has been. And it forced me to look back at 17 years of my life and remember things.

What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. “It’d take all the fun out of life.

The success of Harry Potter has given me lots of freedom. I can pay my bills, and I don't have to prove anything to anyone anymore.

It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them.