Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than falling asleep.

And this is Nymphadora-" "Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks." "-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin. "So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,' " muttered Tonks.

Life is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.

You could tie my hands to my sides, I suppose, but I have to write. For my own mental health, I need to write.

I don't drive. No. Cars terrify me. I am really frightened of cars.

Killing rips the soul apart.

Well, usually when a person shakes their head," said McGonagall coldly, "they mean 'no.' So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans.