I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.

The truth is always easier than a lie or an evasion - easier to deal with and easier to live with.

Don't talk to me." "Why not?" "Because I want to fix that in my memory for ever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret.

Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

But Death was cunning.

Where is Wood?" said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn't there. "Still in the showers," said Fred. "We think he's trying to drown himself.

Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose.