I'm very frustrated by fear of imagination. I don't think that's healthy.

So why in the name of Merlin’s saggy left —” “Don’t talk to your mother like that.

Professor Trelawney: "Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew I was being hurled headfirst out of the room!" Harry Potter: "And you didn’t see that coming?" Professor Trelawney: "No, as I say it was pitch — ” [Glares at Harry angrily]

'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. 'Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?'

There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

At fourteen, you really do start realising that the world is not a safe and protected place or not always.

When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.