You will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me.

I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.

Oh, don’t lie, Harry,” she said impatiently. “Ron and Ginny say you’ve been hiding from everyone since you got back from St. Mungo’s.” “They do, do they?” said Harry, glaring at Ron and Ginny. Ron looked down at his feet but Ginny seemed quite unabashed. “Well, you have!” she said. “And you won’t look at any of us!” “It’s you lot who won’t look at me!” said Harry angrily. “Maybe you’re taking it in turns to look and keep missing each other,” suggested Hermione, the corners of her mouth twitching.

Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

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

The best way to get children excited about reading is to read to them from the beginning of their lives.