You see what you expect to see, Severus.

I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.

Why don't you confer with Mr. Finnigan? As I recall, he has a particular proclivity for pyrotechnics.

His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come whether in a month in a year or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.

Ron's indignation on his behalf was worth about a hundred points to him.

I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost . . . but still, I was alive.