Love is the most powerful thing of all and I remember thinking that - God, I'm about to make myself cry but, I remember thinking that when 9/11 happened because those last phone calls were about - the last thing knowingly, that I'm going to say on this earth is "I love you". What's more powerful than that? What's more proof than that? Beyond fear, beyond death.

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless.

If there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters.

She kept asking herself whether, if he had looked cleaner, she might have been more concerned; whether, on some subliminal level, she had confused his obvious signs of neglect with street-smartness, toughness and resilience.

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

According to Nietzche," said a sharp new voice, making them all jump, "philosophy is the biography of the philosopher.

Your great puddin' of a son don' need fattin' anymore Dursley, don't worry