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.

To hurt is as human as to breathe.

Her grief was so big and wild it terrified her, like an evil beast that had erupted from under the floorboards.

Dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste.

He sounds exactly like Moody," said Harry quietly, tucking the letter away again inside his robes. "'Constant vigilance!' You'd think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls.

Would it hurt to die?

Prongs rode again last night... You know, Harry, in a way, you did see your father last night... You found him inside yourself.